• threeduck@aussie.zone
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    4 hours ago

    All the people here chastising LLMs for resource wastage, I swear to god if you aren’t vegan…

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      25 minutes ago

      Animal agriculture has significantly better utility and scaling than LLMs. So, its not hypocritical to be opposed to the latter but not the former.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I mean, they’re both bad.

      But also, “Throw that burger in the trash I’m not eating it” and “Uninstall that plugin, I’m not querying it” have about the same impact on your gross carbon emissions.

      These are supply side problems in industries that receive enormous state subsides. Hell, the single biggest improvement to our agriculture policy was when China stopped importing US pork products. So, uh… once again, thank you China for saving the planet.

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        47 minutes ago

        Wait so the biggest improvement came when there was a massive decline in demand?

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        2 hours ago

        It’s not, you’re just personally insulted. The livestock industry is responsible for about 15% of human caused greenhouse gas emissions. That’s not negligible.

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          22 minutes ago

          So, I can’t complain about any part of the remaining 85% if I’m not vegan? That’s so fucking stupid. Do you not complain about microplastics because you’re guilty of using devices with plastic in them to type your message?

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        3 hours ago

        What is it with vegans and comparing literally everything to veganism? I was in another thread and it was compared to genocide, rape, and climate change all in the same thread. Insanity

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      49 minutes ago

      Dude, wtf?! You can’t just go around pointing out peoples hypocrisy. Companies killing the planet is big bad.

      People joining in? Dude just let us live!! It is only animals…

      big /s