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  1. I've had a delightfully nerdy morning - I've made it so that #fishnet ("distributed Stockfish analysis for lichess.org", github.com/lichess-org/fishnet), runs on my computer ONLY when the temperature is below 25°C and the grid is powered by more than 40% renewable energy. Very silly project, but FUN 🤓 🌞

    It uses data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/${LAT}&longitude=${LON} for the temperature, and api.carbonintensity.org.uk/gen for the % of renewable energy on the grid.

    I think the thing I'm most looking forward to is that it will be an abstract way to keep an eye on how the grid is doing (e.g. "Ooh, my computer fans just kicked in, the grid must be pretty green today! 🎉 💚 ")

    #lichess #chess #DistributedComputing #DistributedSystems #GreenComputing

  2. I've had a delightfully nerdy morning - I've made it so that #fishnet ("distributed Stockfish analysis for lichess.org", github.com/lichess-org/fishnet), runs on my computer ONLY when the temperature is below 25°C and the grid is powered by more than 40% renewable energy. Very silly project, but FUN 🤓 🌞

    It uses data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/${LAT}&longitude=${LON} for the temperature, and api.carbonintensity.org.uk/gen for the % of renewable energy on the grid.

    I think the thing I'm most looking forward to is that it will be an abstract way to keep an eye on how the grid is doing (e.g. "Ooh, my computer fans just kicked in, the grid must be pretty green today! 🎉 💚 ")

    #lichess #chess #DistributedComputing #DistributedSystems #GreenComputing

  3. The joules-per-solution metric — the only honest arbiter of computational advantage.

    Total system energy to produce a correct solution, physics-grounded and anti-gaming.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21637028
    papers.qnfo.org/joules-per-sol

    #JPCUB #HonestComputing #Benchmarking #GreenComputing #QNFO

  4. Discover how green computing innovations are transforming data centers by reducing energy consumption, optimizing resource use, and cutting carbon footprints. Explore sustainable IT practices driving eco-friendly digital infrastructure.
    #GreenComputing #EcoFriendlyIT #GreenDataCenters
    scitechsociety.com/how-green-c

  5. ...dislodging the ball from the most tricky places ever, mulling over the placement and probabilistic interaction of bumpers to hopefully achieve a better output, while losing the skill to roll yourself. Have fun aligning humans and agents with products and the overall organisation, while keeping the economic and systemic perspective in your view.

    "Fun" times trying to bring the Engineering to #AgenticSoftwareEngineering and anything resembling #sustainability, #autonomy or #GreenComputing.

  6. ...dislodging the ball from the most tricky places ever, mulling over the placement and probabilistic interaction of bumpers to hopefully achieve a better output, while losing the skill to roll yourself. Have fun aligning humans and agents with products and the overall organisation, while keeping the economic and systemic perspective in your view.

    "Fun" times trying to bring the Engineering to #AgenticSoftwareEngineering and anything resembling #sustainability, #autonomy or #GreenComputing.

  7. Here at the JSC protecting the environment and our team's and users' health are of the upmost importance to us. With our new initiative "Cycle for your Cycles" we ensure that our supercomputing structure becomes even greener as well as promoting fitness 💚 💪 🚲 

    #GreenComputing #TheFutureOfSupercomputing #Health #Sustainability

  8. Here at the JSC protecting the environment and our team's and users' health are of the upmost importance to us. With our new initiative "Cycle for your Cycles" we ensure that our supercomputing structure becomes even greener as well as promoting fitness 💚 💪 🚲 

    #GreenComputing #TheFutureOfSupercomputing #Health #Sustainability

  9. @jpmens And when there is a security problem in a widely used library, recompile everything.

    #greenComputing

  10. @jpmens And when there is a security problem in a widely used library, recompile everything.

    #greenComputing

  11. Unfortunately due to tariffs we are not able to purchase more Compute Blades for our GreenWare project without paying 20% in import tariffs. As a state and federally tax exempt organization, it’s unfortunate that we are being taxed by our government. ☹️

    #Tariff #Tariffs #GreenComputing #ComputeBlade #RaspberryPi

  12. Unfortunately due to tariffs we are not able to purchase more Compute Blades for our GreenWare project without paying 20% in import tariffs. As a state and federally tax exempt organization, it’s unfortunate that we are being taxed by our government. ☹️

    #Tariff #Tariffs #GreenComputing #ComputeBlade #RaspberryPi

  13. #Scribus is a (*the*) #floss desktop-publishing #dtp software and totally underrated.

    What can I say … it really grew on me. It gets the *job* done.
    With a fraction of the (monetary, computational and cognitive) resources a (*the*) competitor would need. 🌱

    🌐 scribus.net

    #CMYK #prepress #pdf #alternativeTo #floss #libre #BuyEuropean #GraphicsDesign #mediengestaltung #typography #typesetting #pagemaking #printdesign #framemaker #indesign #pagemaker #greencomputing #opensource

  14. #Scribus is a (*the*) #floss desktop-publishing #dtp software and totally underrated.

    What can I say … it really grew on me. It gets the *job* done.
    With a fraction of the (monetary, computational and cognitive) resources a (*the*) competitor would need. 🌱

    🌐 scribus.net

    #CMYK #prepress #pdf #alternativeTo #floss #libre #BuyEuropean #GraphicsDesign #mediengestaltung #typography #typesetting #pagemaking #printdesign #framemaker #indesign #pagemaker #greencomputing #opensource

  15. Is #YouTube reducing the average bitrate on 1080p videos for non-Premium users? I always hear about compression artefacts but rarely noticed them, until recently.

    You'd think higher compression is good for #EnergyEfficiency. The impact of delaying the expansion of networking hardware is hard to assess. Energy spent on client-side decoding and new client hardware probably dominates.

    Results of encoding settings are not obvious:
    arxiv.org/abs/2401.09854

    #ClimateChange #Google #GreenComputing

  16. Is #YouTube reducing the average bitrate on 1080p videos for non-Premium users? I always hear about compression artefacts but rarely noticed them, until recently.

    You'd think higher compression is good for #EnergyEfficiency. The impact of delaying the expansion of networking hardware is hard to assess. Energy spent on client-side decoding and new client hardware probably dominates.

    Results of encoding settings are not obvious:
    arxiv.org/abs/2401.09854

    #ClimateChange #Google #GreenComputing

  17. Tout juste avant le premier confinement de Covid, j'ai acheté un Mac mini usagé. Un modèle "late 2014", processeur i5, 16 Go de mémoire, 1 To de stockage. Devenu lent après une malheureuse mise à jour de MacOS, j'ai décidé de le passer à #Ubuntu (Jammy Jellyfish) 22.04, il y a deux ans environ. Amélioration instantanée de performance.

    Je viens de terminer la mise à jour à 24.04 Noble Numbat ce matin. Tout roule encore mieux! Une machine qui a 10 ans!

    #opensource #dégafamisons #greencomputing

  18. I've been wanting to do this for a year now, and i don't know why it took me so long, but i feel like i slashed my carbon footprint by disabling pipelines for draft MRs

    #greenComputing (grgml.xyz/status/2024/12/12/99)

  19. @rustybrick @methode @searchliaison

    Note that Googlebot very much fails to pay attention to cacheing signals for #RSS files, and Google-Podcast* pays no attention at all to any of these signals. Please fix.

    I am hoping to shame Google / Apple / Amazon / Spotify / PodBean into reducing the 99%+ waste from their sloppy behaviour... Eg #LOCO2024

    *Why is Google-Podcast still polling my #RSS feed AT ALL, let alone ~140 times per day on a feed that hasn't changed since August?

    #greenComputing

  20. @rustybrick @methode @searchliaison

    Note that Googlebot very much fails to pay attention to cacheing signals for #RSS files, and Google-Podcast* pays no attention at all to any of these signals. Please fix.

    I am hoping to shame Google / Apple / Amazon / Spotify / PodBean into reducing the 99%+ waste from their sloppy behaviour... Eg #LOCO2024

    *Why is Google-Podcast still polling my #RSS feed AT ALL, let alone ~140 times per day on a feed that hasn't changed since August?

    #greenComputing

  21. In #Bielefeld laufen die Vorbereitungen auf die große #LinuxInstallParty (Samstag 15 Uhr in den @acmelabs) auf Hochtouren: 30 USB-Sticks wurden mit jeweils gut 50 Gigabytes GNU/Linux befüllt.

    Die Fotos zeigen unsere USB-Stick-Kopiermaschine (vielen Dank fürs Ausleihen, @phillo!) und einen der Sticks im Betrieb. Den 64-GB-Stick könnt ihr zum Materialpreis (5€) mit nach Hause nehmen.

    Wozu das Ganze? Damit ihr selbst erleben könnt, dass in euren alten Laptops noch viel Leben steckt, wenn ihr sie mit Linux statt Windows betreibt. In anderen Worten: Steigt von Windows 10 nicht auf Windows 11, sondern auf GNU/Linux um und behaltet eure Hardware, statt neue zu kaufen!

    Um uns die Planung zu erleichtern, könnt ihr euer Kommen gern mit einer E-Mail an [email protected] ankündigen. Erwähnt dabei am besten euren Laptop-Hersteller.

    #geplanteObsoleszenz #WindowsAlternative #GnuLinux #Linux #greenComputing #grueneIT

  22. In #Bielefeld laufen die Vorbereitungen auf die große #LinuxInstallParty (Samstag 15 Uhr in den @acmelabs) auf Hochtouren: 30 USB-Sticks wurden mit jeweils gut 50 Gigabytes GNU/Linux befüllt.

    Die Fotos zeigen unsere USB-Stick-Kopiermaschine (vielen Dank fürs Ausleihen, @phillo!) und einen der Sticks im Betrieb. Den 64-GB-Stick könnt ihr zum Materialpreis (5€) mit nach Hause nehmen.

    Wozu das Ganze? Damit ihr selbst erleben könnt, dass in euren alten Laptops noch viel Leben steckt, wenn ihr sie mit Linux statt Windows betreibt. In anderen Worten: Steigt von Windows 10 nicht auf Windows 11, sondern auf GNU/Linux um und behaltet eure Hardware, statt neue zu kaufen!

    Um uns die Planung zu erleichtern, könnt ihr euer Kommen gern mit einer E-Mail an [email protected] ankündigen. Erwähnt dabei am besten euren Laptop-Hersteller.

    #geplanteObsoleszenz #WindowsAlternative #GnuLinux #Linux #greenComputing #grueneIT

  23. Not so long ago I watched a lecture about #GreenComputing (youtu.be/U0LwObfvCus?si=hC6-dN but it's in Czech) and learned that the carbon footprint of manufacturing and distribution of #hardware is huge and vastly overshadows reduction from better efficiency that new HW can bring, so the greenest choice you can do is to buy #refurb s and focus on HW that will last.

    The lecture focuses on compute servers, but I bet it's true for any area of computing.
    #ecology #environment #computing

  24. @mathiasx and I were having an interesting back and forth, and his post got me thinking:

    For all #softwaredev #programmer #cloudengineer types out there, what energy audit tools are out there right now that people could start leveraging to evaluate their code for being more efficient from a "reduce fossil fuel consumption" point of view?

    Static analysis, CI tools, etc. All ideas welcome.

    @grafana I feel like something like this is in your wheelhouse. Also, any @cncfambassadors in the environmental sustainment TAG know of some tooling?

    #greencomputing #linux #k8s #kubernetes

  25. @mathiasx and I were having an interesting back and forth, and his post got me thinking:

    For all #softwaredev #programmer #cloudengineer types out there, what energy audit tools are out there right now that people could start leveraging to evaluate their code for being more efficient from a "reduce fossil fuel consumption" point of view?

    Static analysis, CI tools, etc. All ideas welcome.

    @grafana I feel like something like this is in your wheelhouse. Also, any @cncfambassadors in the environmental sustainment TAG know of some tooling?

    #greencomputing #linux #k8s #kubernetes

  26. How does KDE measure energy consumption and the #accessibility of its apps?

    Pradyot Ranjan explains with a quick 4-video primer on Selenium AT-SPI, a tool used to automate tests of GUI applications.

    tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/8rDdG3c3

    @[email protected]
    @be4foss

    #kdeeco #greencomputing #efficiency

  27. How does KDE measure energy consumption and the #accessibility of its apps?

    Pradyot Ranjan explains with a quick 4-video primer on Selenium AT-SPI, a tool used to automate tests of GUI applications.

    tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/8rDdG3c3

    @[email protected]
    @be4foss

    #kdeeco #greencomputing #efficiency

  28. I'm now working on fixing another small corner of climate change - inefficiency in #RSS #podcasting!

    earth.org.uk/RSS-efficiency.ht

    One Android postcast app provider has already kindly tweaked theirs in response to my gentle enquiry, but so far #Apple and #Amazon - both polling at insane rates - have not rushed to fix up their servers similarly to follow basic netiquette! %-P

    #greenComputing #greenSoftware

  29. One of my colleagues is working on automating the powering down of our dev servers outside of working hours. So, we'll be saving energy on dev, test and staging servers for around 14 hours in every 24; 24 at weekends. Hero.

    #webdev #greencomputing