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Stephen @stephenharlow@mastodon.social · 11h ago
Bought a second-hand #ThinkPad L14 Gen 2a (#AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U). Plenty fast enough for what I do, at about 15% of the price of a current model. Installed #FedoraLinux and, so far, everything works, even the fingerprint reader. Repairable, upgradeable, and a small reminder that we don't always need the latest hardware. #FrugalComputing #RightToRepair
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Wim🧮 @wim_v12e@scholar.social · Jun 30, 2026
In 2025: Global gas consumption grew by 1.6% Global coal consumption grew by 0.7% Global oil consumption grew by 1.3% [1] GHG emissions grew by 2.3% as a result. [2] Data centres are the fastest growing sources of emissions.[2] #ClimateEmergency #FrugalComputing #NoToAI [1] https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review [2] https://wedocs.unep.org/items/9f0bf855-2069-42a6-a856-4b389f740c5c
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smallsolar @smallsolar@techhub.social · Jun 23, 2026
Planning to attend a few of the talks at #limits2026 , particularly interested in the ones focused on solar powered services. https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program I particularly appreciate the timings as it falls into the evening for me which is nice. #solar #solarpower #frugalcomputing #permacomputing
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Wim🧮 @wim_v12e@scholar.social · Apr 24, 2026
Regarding Altman’s claim that humans consume a lot of energy (*): humans' energy consumption is proportional to their wealth, because wealth production requires energy. Wealth is roughly Pareto distributed, which means very few people own most of it and most people own very little: in 2021, 1.1% of the world's population owned 45.8% of world wealth, and is therefore responsible for almost half of the energy consumption and consequently of greenhouse gas emissions. (1/2) #FrugalComputing
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LOCAVERDI B.V. @locaverdi@mstdn.business · Feb 27, 2026
The main reason why we should not use #AI: We need to consume LESS energy! Using AI will never accomplish this. Same for most #cloud applications. We need to reduce! #frugalcomputing #reduce
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