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I’m a tad concerned that people are conflating “new large data centres”, “data centres”, and “AI”.
Yes, large scale “AI” needs new large datacentres and I fully understand the backlash.
But data centres are also needed for banking, and email, and web sites, and never used to be a problem.
So I hope any action against AI is more targeted and not just “close” or “tax until they close” all data centres.
#AI
data centres are also needed for banking, and email, and web sites, and never used to be a problem.and never used to be a problem.
Says you!
OK but this is usage for things people actually want. And a fraction of the scale or energy of these new AI data centres.
And if data centres got taxed to death, mini data centres below whatever definition, in offices, or even street cabinets, would pop up as alternatives, but without the resilience we have come to expect for such basic services like email!
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> But data centres are also needed for banking, and email, and web sites, and never used to be a problem
> ...
> but this is usage for things people actually want
Weeeell aaaaactually, all three are examples of very harmful corporation-enforced standards that coerce us into using the "Cloud" where a raspberry pi at home without an ipv4 would have sufficed
Got it.
Nuance _is_ important.
Compost _some_ of the billionaires....
Just the bad ones.
(How do we tell the difference?)
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I had a blast at Galactic Camp, the furry convention on an actual aircraft carrier: USS Hornet in Alameda, California!
Met some wonderful new people; sat in the cockpit of an F-8 Crusader; rocked my @garudaworkshop helmet; hung out with @kyellgold and did a couple of #FurryWriting panels. I even sold a book or two!
why is it always "grow your business"?
why can't it just be "find a nice comfortable equilibrium for your business"?
sadly, markets are not systems with equilibrium states, nor their players. If you are not growing, you are getting smaller. And inertia is the worst enemy or the best ally of any business. So you have no choice but to grow... or suffer.
What you can do is to define how you grow, what for...
Not every arrow is meant to strike a target, you release it into the sky guided only by hope, trusting there is still a reason to keep aiming forward.
Traditional piece made with color markers (Ohuhu) for Archer.
Made during FWA's Artists Alley
It's happening!
$19,606 raised of $90,000 goal 21.8% funded Campaign ends August 1, 2026 at 00:00 -0700 59 days 02 hours 22 minutes 38 seconds Campaign closed.furry — A Top-Level Domain For Our Community
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Hey, this looks pretty damn cool. If this becomes a thing, I will definitely want to pick up a few domains under .furry.
Do you know anyone in that campaign that can give you the thumbs up and say "This is genuine?" I know -of- Geo, but not well enough to message them for just a confirmation--that it's not someone just using their name + profile pic. And I'm not familiar with the other two.
By the way, I know a lot of folks struggle with mental heatlh in various ways, so:
Know that the fact that people interact with you at all, and are part of your life even in very loose ways, means your presence matters and you're irreplaceable.
It won't always feel like it, but people do appreciate you. Most just don't know how to express it very well, and no one really does a good job of teaching that. I'm no better than anyone on this point.
But really, whatever community you have is irrefutable evidence that you're not alone. They're the ones that will appreciate you.
There's no incentive structure to Fedi. Nobody follows you just to increase some metric or trick you into following back to win some game tied to capitalism here. They follow you because you're interesting or cool. Or both.
This probably doesn't help with the myriad other, more material causes for your suffering. Money be damned.
But you'll never be alone if you don't want to be. And it can get better.
every time I need to "take time from work" I get so annoyed at this system
it's so dumb and annoying and stressful that you have this one aspect of your life that demands your entire day for most of the week, and every other thing (be it actual important stuff you have to do as well) has to be either squeezed around it or as a concession
which is especially dumb considering that supposedly every place has the same operating hours, so for example for you to go to a bank you must take time from work as by the time you're free (night, weekend) oops bank closed as well
for fuck sake I hate capitalism
supposedly all of this efficiency gain and whatever but never for tha sake of making people's lives actually better
I'm always stunned by now fast time seems to fly anymore for me. It's June, we're 6 months into 2026, and that's blowing my mind right now. It feels like time is always going so fast and I have so many things I want to do, but so little time to do any of them.
That's really the thing with fear of death for me, I've lived with the knowledge I could just die at any time my entire life. It's not that I fear dying, it's that I fear dying without doing the things I want to do or living the life I want to live.
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Characters like Sparky don’t even need to say anything. They already know they look cool.
Sketch for Star Sparky, done during FWA's Artists Alley
Are you looking to hire an experienced embedded software engineer?
- 15 years experience (industrial and consumer electronics)
- Embedded security - 15mo for work, plus *years* as a hobby
- C, C++, Python and currently learning Rust
- ARM, MIPS, PIC, AVR experience plus x86
- Looking for UK remote or hybrid, or within commuting distance of Leeds via bike or public transport.
Boosts appreciated, CV available on request.
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Your profile sounds a lot like what Vaillaint Group was looking for when I was there. Unfortunately, they don't offer anything suitable in the UK at the moment.
https://jobs.vaillant-group.com/uk/go/all-jobs-uk/4817101/
I worked there for a few months but quit because I found the environment too bureaucratic. Classic large corporation, not a lot of creativity.
Anyways, good luck finding something.🤞🏻
(I hate to admit it, but I found both this and my current job through LinkedIn.)
Walking through a convention with the people you care about, hearing the noise around you, spotting familiar faces in the crowd, and suddenly realizing: “Yup… this is exactly where I want to be!” One of those moments that might seem small from the outside, but years later become the memories you miss the most.
Traditional drawing featuring Sakai and Tybaric. Also thanks to Braxy to help them get the slot.
Color markers and pencils.
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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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Azro and Rylo, freshly married on May 4th and celebrating it the way true Star Wars nerds would: turning the galaxy into their own little alternate timeline, where Han Solo fell in love with the other Skywalker twin instead.
Created during FWA’s Artists Alley for Azro and Rylo. Congrats guys!!
Traditional. Color markers and pencils over toned tan mix media paper.
Happy #FursuitFriday ! Time to hit the diner and grab some coffee! Get some food, kick back and enjoy the weekend!
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#Furry #fursuit #unicorn
AI-generated code has no place in software engineering.
Garbage in, garbage out.
#Confuzzled2026 taught me something about creativity. Many panels form some kind of creative outlet. Shows and talks provide a channel for the panellists' creativity: they perform for a mostly passive audience. Particpation events like karaoke are popular because they provide a channel for the audience's creativity. People don't really go to karaoke to listen, they go to sing - or at least to imagine that they might. Dance shows are an in-between example: dancing is a creative act, but it's still mostly a channel for the creativity of the DJ.
What I noticed this time is that the dealers' den shows the same split. Most stalls are selling the artist's creativity: a picture you can look at, a T-shirt you can wear - but here and there you see people selling the means to express your own creativity: a programmable badge, printing services, parts for making your own fursuit.
Mass-manufactured merch is relatively unpopular as a den stall not just because you can get it anywhere, but because it only expresses the creativity of people who aren't participants at all. It's the same reason you don't see many film showings and everybody complains about piped music in the bar: it takes over a space that's for showing off and enabling creativity among the participants, and replaces it with consuming the creativity of other people and teams.
Most of the "enabling" is ultimately about lowering the barrier to entry. It's easier to make a fursuit head if you can start with a pre-made base. The skill floor for singing karaoke is much less than prepping and performing your own set.
One might say, "It's important to keep the con balanced between the two kinds of events, and the den balanced between the two kinds of goods," but I don't think events leads or dealers' den leads are thinking about cons in these terms, and the cons seem to be doing alright, so the balance probably isn't that important. What do you think this dichotomy tells us about furries or conventions?
Had a bit of an emotional rollercoaster at Confuzzled but definitely some great times. Now dealing with that post-con re-entry into normal life, augh... where's my coffee...
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Just to show that I was indeed at AnthrOhio 2026, a photo of me and Big Blue, taken by Chris B. Critter. I was absolutely dead tired at this point, but ran into them on the way back to the room in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
#AnthrOhio2026 #WerewolfWednesday
) It cannot be said often enough. I agree: Over here people follow you because they think you're interesting at the least. I follow many critters because I think they're not only interesting but lovely people. Even if I did nothing more so far but click the "Follow" button. For one thing I'm kinda shy-ish -- I need some "thing" to respond to in order to open a conversation. The other thing is mere time. I simply don't get round to interacting much more than the bit I do right now. But I'm always open-heartet and willing to start new conversations with any of my followers/followed. So simply give me a howl (or whatever is appropriate to you) and I'm happy to say hi and see how the contact may evolve. Even if the "chemistry" between you and me is not "good enough" to allow for continues and intense contact ("bonding" with me in this way can be pretty tricky I'm afraid), please know that I appreciate your contact, otherwise I wouldn't follow you.
datacenters for AI seem to have more strict requirements for cooling and heat they produce than traditional servers.
I never placed a server in a datacenter that needed 2kW per 1u unit.
I am pretty sure people are aware of this distinction. Lets make sure to call this AI datacenters... to create this sentiment of waste