Sorry to say but this is just one aspect of dropping out of all climate contracts national, international and global. And yes, AI is making this much worse.

“Hyperscale data centers are the really large data centers that are being built now for [generative] AI, which is really driving a lot of the growth in this sector because it requires vast data processing capabilities,” said Volzer. “The trend is larger and bigger centers to feed this demand for AI.”

Much of the water used in data centers never gets back into the watershed, particularly if the data center uses a method called evaporative cooling.

Think about that the next time you “ask ChatGPT” something.

Just one more reason not to use servers located in the USA for anything.

And they’re running into issues due to increasingly ingesting AI-generated data.

There we go. Who coulda seen that coming! While that’s going to be a fun ride, at the same time companies all but mandate AS* to their employees.

Both are good 👍

ASSD

Thank You! Yes!

So … A-not-I? AD? What do we call it? LLM seems too specialised?

True; I just hate headlines that ask stupid questions.

But then again, there’s always the premise that it could work, in such attempts, which annoys me no less.

Updating databases to support anything other than that which would run on a 1970s mainframe costs the sort of money that eats into C-level’s yacht funds, so it won’t happen.

Even so, multiple strategies to include unicode characters in ASCII exist. *sigh*

Anybody who thought the answer could have been even remotely close to Yes is delusional.

if you buy a regular phone and donate €5, you will have done more

I question if donations work that way. And you still bought one more device that’s made on the backs of disenfranchised people. (Again, not saying that a Fairphone eliminates that 100%, but a little)

In the end you are annoyed at the brand name plus the higher price evoking larger expectations in some of your friends. Join the club. But that’s a far cry from your original statement. Glad we could clear that up.

Just to be clear: this is about the USA.

Austin, Texas–based influencer and entrepreneur shares of students at her dozen or so K-12 schools, a ten-year-old boasts that he is a successful Airbnb manager, while another constructs a miniature Cybertruck.

I know a lot of people who buy a fairphone

A lot? Lucky you. I know one.

they want to save the planet, and that’s really not what this phone is doing

It’s not an on/off either/or thing; every little bit helps.

This is exactly it. Running a tiny company with nothing in-house making a custom phone with custom hardware is expensive.

Are you expecting a Fairphone to be only as much more expensive as the extra (“fair”) wages paid would cost? But your own quote above proves why that cannot be.

The rest of your comment is much the same; you seem to get too hung up on comparing prices to mainstream devices/parts. If it’s too expensive for you, don’t buy it. You can also do your part in saving the planet by using an older phone for longer with, say, Lineage OS or Sailfish OS.

Nice. There’s a demo for the Docs.

France created their own open source version of google docs as well.

“France” as in the government? Or do you mean the Framasoft association?

This is absolutely correct.

I remember when they changed their messaging and openly admitted that their phone is not and can never be 100% “fair”, but that they’re trying their best. They were quite open about it. Even so, the factual fairness I read then read better than what you present now.

To be fair (haha, pun intended) their phones are also about modularity.

So where does the money go?

Almost* every alternative hardware company asks much more for a (hardware wise comparable) product for a whole slew of reasons; “Fairness” rarely plays into it.

In other words, even if the Fairphone wouldn’t claim to be fair, it would cost just as much.

And, to be fair again, the Fairphone is still cheaper than some of its competitors.

* except Pine64 it seems. (also somewhat modular btw)

Check the forums.

FWIW, Signal works perfectly, WA too.

There are a few happy US users on the forums. Maybe check out what they have to say.

I’m sure the company is perfectly happy with having these users. AFAIR the reason they don’t sell licenses outside EU is that it would add hassle, mostly sales legalities.

I didn’t know you cannot buy the C2 in the USA, but I would recommend an Xperia X10 II or X10 III anyhow.

The forum has a thread specifically about banking apps.

I understand. But I think it’s right that they concentrate on a few devices. There’s also something about SONY openly providing firmware and encouraging unlocking, something “Open Devices” iirc.

Ah, the N900…

What about LineageOS?

My guess is the problematic parts here aren’t open source so they should never show up in Lineage OS?

This is my fourth comment shilling SFOS here, but it just might be what you’re looking for. It is my daily driver.