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silence7 OP , to news in Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base

That’s the big environmental issue with Bitcoin — other major cryptocurrencies have moved to proof-of-stake instead of proof-of-work, so they don’t need vast quantities of energy, and when you stop using all that energy, the generators with the highest marginal cost shut down, which generally means coal or gas.

silence7 OP , to technology in Meet My A.I. Friends | Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.

It’s a gift link, so you shouldn’t hit the paywall unless you’ve disabled javascript or are using a browser extension which strips off URL parameters

silence7 OP , to world in To Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut

They cut the size, but not the price. Then they increase the price six months later.

silence7 OP , to technology in If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge

The value is that it shows people who aren’t using EVs yet what’s available

silence7 OP , to technology in If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge

The ML tool is a summary of the directions. That’s a plausible use of ML

silence7 OP , to technology in If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge

The article says nothing about AI; just that EV charger location and availability is a feature being added to Google Maps.

silence7 OP , to world in Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport | A year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas across Oman and the United Arab Emirates, bringing cities to a standstill.

Bloomberg (the news outlet) has a bunch of rather competent reporters who regularly cover climate, and Michael Bloomberg (who owns a controlling interest in it) was one of the major funders of the Sierra Club’s campaign to phase out coal use in the US.

silence7 OP , to world in Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport | A year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas across Oman and the United Arab Emirates, bringing cities to a standstill.

The NYT is also very clear that it’s not cloud seeding:

Although some have speculated that recent cloud seeding efforts by the U.A.E. — using chemicals to increase the chances of clouds producing rain — could have contributed to the extreme weather, scientists said this was very unlikely.

“Rainfall enhancement could not cause that kind of increase in rainfall,” said Steven Siems, an expert in cloud seeding at Monash University in Australia, adding that any effects from cloud seeding would have been “marginal” at most.

silence7 OP , to world in Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport | A year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas across Oman and the United Arab Emirates, bringing cities to a standstill.

It’s not impossible; it just requires building a whole lot of expensive infrastructure which is used very infrequently. People usually don’t choose to do that.

silence7 , to news in As bans spread, fluoride in drinking water divides communities across the US

I believe the primary market for these devices is small-scale production of moonshine.

silence7 OP , to world in Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?

The messaging needs to come from somebody they trust.

silence7 OP , to world in Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?

There was an international treaty to cut the amount of sulfur in the bunker oil that the big ships burn. This is because the particulates it produces when burned kill people. They also reflected a bunch of sunlight, preventing it from warming the water.

silence7 OP , to world in Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?

None of that is a greenhouse gas.

silence7 OP , to world in Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?

It’s a little more complicated than that — El Niño, plus climate change, plus a cut in the amount of sulfur in the fuel burned by ships, plus something that’s not fully understood.

silence7 OP , to world in Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?

Indeed you are.

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