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[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago (2 children) Obligatory about the water permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago* (1 child) This seems misleading since no timespan is given, but even assuming 100% accuracy this would only matter if we were currently adding farmland at unprecedented rates to multiple places that cannot handle having more water being used. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sl00k@programming.dev 1 point 6 months ago This is the entire year of 2024. Another great example comparing it to corn water intake. A good blog post about it the other day, obviously a few caveats comparing metrics like this but it's good enough to get a grasp that on a nation wide scale water usage isn't really a problem. It can however affect local communities with bad data center placement (similar to agriculture) https://www.andymasley.com/visuals/water/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago* (1 child) This seems misleading since no timespan is given, but even assuming 100% accuracy this would only matter if we were currently adding farmland at unprecedented rates to multiple places that cannot handle having more water being used. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sl00k@programming.dev 1 point 6 months ago This is the entire year of 2024. Another great example comparing it to corn water intake. A good blog post about it the other day, obviously a few caveats comparing metrics like this but it's good enough to get a grasp that on a nation wide scale water usage isn't really a problem. It can however affect local communities with bad data center placement (similar to agriculture) https://www.andymasley.com/visuals/water/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 1 point 6 months ago This is the entire year of 2024. Another great example comparing it to corn water intake. A good blog post about it the other day, obviously a few caveats comparing metrics like this but it's good enough to get a grasp that on a nation wide scale water usage isn't really a problem. It can however affect local communities with bad data center placement (similar to agriculture) https://www.andymasley.com/visuals/water/ permalink fedilink source parent
