danielkhent 11 months ago

Larry Ellison spent $500 million on his (failed) grand plan to feed the world We're probably going to need these... #climatechange

Luxurylaunches

Larry Ellison spent $500 million on his grand plan to feed the world by growing lettuce on his private island in Hawaii. Forget the world; the Oracle billionaire’s plan has been an utter failure, as his space-age greenhouses have barely managed to supply produce to nearby islands. - Luxurylaunches

danielkhent 11 months ago

Geothermally optimistic #renewableenergy #geothermal Repost: mobile YouTube share added tracking token ... pure evil

danielkhent 11 months ago

NASA images reveal full extent of toxic golden river devastating region #environment #pollution

Daily Express US

NASA images detail full extent of toxic golden river devastating region

Satellite images show a shimmering trail of dried, chemical-filled mud left behind by wastewater that flooded the town of Jagersfontein in South Af...

danielkhent 11 months ago

Natural sequestration of carbon dioxide by plants, is in decline? A lot of factors: availability of natural soil nutrients, wildfires, vegetative growth in sub-Arctic regions, etc #climatechange

the Guardian

Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate

Earth’s plants and soils reached peak carbon dioxide sequestration in 2008 but proportion absorbed has been declining since, study finds

https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wea.7668

danielkhent 0 years ago

A century of extra carbon dioxide boosts photosynthesis in tropical trees Mother Nature to the rescue? As long as we don't cut and burn them all... #climatechange https://phys.org/news/2025-02-century-extra-carbon-dioxide-boosts.html#google_vignette

danielkhent 0 years ago

Scientists Put a Human Language Gene Into Mice And Changed Their Voice Doesn't leave scifi much of a place to go... #scifi #science

ScienceAlert

Scientists Put a Human Language Gene Into Mice And Changed Their Voice

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.

danielkhent 1 year ago

The Panama community that fled its drowning island. #climatechange

Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island

Rising sea levels threaten homes in Panama, but not everyone wants to leave.

danielkhent 1 year ago

"While most AI inference chips are typically housed in vast server clusters within data centers, EnCharge AI's chips are designed for edge computing, being utilized in user-facing devices like laptops." #ai #analog

The Economic Times

EnCharge AI: EnCharge AI raises over $100 million in funding to bring AI inference chips to market - The Economic Times

Startup EnCharge AI raised over $100 million in Series B funding to develop energy-efficient AI inference chips for edge computing. Their analog i...

danielkhent 1 year ago

Course from Udemy on Vertical Farming Odd to have a course. Isn't there a lot to still sort out? #solarpunk #climatechange https://www.udemy.com/course/vertical-farming-fundamental/

danielkhent 1 year ago

"AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved." This makes me think of Rudy Rucker talking with Kurt Gödel on if robots can be conscious. #AI #scifi

the Guardian

AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research

Experts and thinkers signed open letter expressing concern over irresponsible development of technology

danielkhent 1 year ago

"Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water." #solarpunk #climatechange https://news.umich.edu/new-water-purification-technology-helps-turn-seawater-into-drinking-water-without-tons-of-chemicals/

danielkhent 1 year ago

String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult' What is it with data scientists and murder sprees? #AI #datascience #machinelearning https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-death-cult-zizian-murders-20064333.php

danielkhent 1 year ago

Analog in-memory computing, which enmeshes memory and compute, can eliminate bottlenecks #analogai #analog #ai

IBM Research

Analog in-memory computing could power tomorrow’s AI models

Three new papers from IBM Research highlight the future role of analog in-memory computing in AI, both in the cloud and on the edge.

danielkhent 1 year ago

Early computers often required cranes or the removal of walls. The allure of ancient data centers #computerhistory

The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe"

What is the origin of the word "mainframe", referring to a large, complex computer? Most sources agree that the term is related to the frame...

danielkhent 1 year ago

Art Farmer Quintet – The Time And The Place #jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying https://album.link/us/i/1206539347 Bass – Walter Booker Drums – Mickey Roker Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Art Farmer Piano – Cedar Walton Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Heath

danielkhent 1 year ago

"There is no f...ing snow in Anchorage, Alaska right now." #climatechange

Alaskan Social

GhostsheetZ (@Ghostsheetz@alaskan.social)

Attached: 1 image There is no fucking snow in Anchorage, Alaska right now. I will repeat that There is no fucking snow in Anchorage Alaska righ...

danielkhent 1 year ago

Lee Morgan – The Rumproller #jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying https://album.link/i/723962042 Bass – Victor Sproles Drums – Billy Higgins Piano – Ronnie Mathews Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson Trumpet – Lee Morgan

danielkhent 1 year ago

Great Falls Park, Virginia