#wasteful — Public Fediverse posts

N798TL: Track this airplane. Unregistered pilot doing drunk moves over the Forest Grove Water treatment facility. Which is also home to a bird sanctuary, many hawks, eagles, egrets, heron, ducks.

He took off and landed at the airstrip in North Plains.

#PDX #Psychopaths #Airlines #Pilots #Wasteful

Genuine Stupid Question:

Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

(What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)

Genuine Stupid Question:

Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

(What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)

Genuine Stupid Question:

Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

(What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)

Genuine Stupid Question:

Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

(What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)

Genuine Stupid Question:

Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

(What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)

If \(CH_4\) is #SteamReformed to produce \(H_2\) #fuel and the process emits copious amounts of \(CO\) and \(CO_2\) as byproduct, where is the net gains in #green?🤦‍♂️

Oh, I get it; we must build a #DysonSphere round our solar system, and harvest both the solar energy and the hydrogen from our Sun. Anyway, the Sun is going to die in about 5 billion years and humanity is supposedly the only sentient species in the solar system, so we might as well go at it and be done with it.🤷‍♂️

So much for "green #hydrogen", or more like "so much cost" thereof.

Humans—we cannot have good things, because we are innately #wasteful.

https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-fuel-basics

Some Limitations of Gemini

For several days now I have been playing with Gemini, Google Takeout files and Flick Export files, first to re.marry json data to relevant exif fields, and then to create a folder structure library by year, month and day. In the process I have had to itterate, and itterate, and think lateraly in order to achieve what I wanted to achieve.

Verbose

One of the biggest frustrations I have is that when I ask a follow up question for more specific detail of something it re-calculates everything. If you ask "Is this output expected" and it says "yes" it then repeats everything from the previous post into the new post. In so doing it gives us a lot of reading, but it also makes it hard to keep track of what it's doing.

The work around would be to say "I want a one phrase answer" but, in my eyes Gemini should tell from context whether it needs to give a long or short answer. I could use a gem to alter the behaviour. I think this logic could be in-built. If you're paying for tokens this is wasteful.

Collaborating on text

With Google Docs, Word, Pages and in coding, sometimes it would be nice to get the output text, and be able to edit it within Gemini. If you're working on a motivation letter or a command prompt it would be nice to edit the LLM's output, and then press enter, and have the changes taken on board directly, rather than re-evaluating the entire document.

I use the motivation letter as an example because we know that AI is used to mark us as relevant or irrelevant, so AI, within this context is not as lazy. I wouldn't use it for blog posts because the writing process has value, to clarify and elaborate on ideas.

Blog Outline via LLM

Two or three blog posts ago, when I went through iteration after iteration to achieve what I wanted, because of the verbose nature of LLMs, as well as the LLM getting stuck in a logic loop, it takes more and more time to skim through to find the key steps. An LLM can do this in seconds.

Of course, it tends to want to explain. I asked for a phrase per point, and it added half a paragraph per point. I could feel that it wanted to write the post, rather than the skeleton outline.

Prone to Stereotyping

It often comes out with the phrase "As a person who runs or cycles between Lausanne and Geneva you ..." and then it continues with the answer. In plenty of contexts this has no value, and when I told it "I use a Suunto" it ignored that update and kept repeating the same two or three stereotypes.

It's a shame you can't present an LLM with a link to your blog, and your CV, and several motivation letters, and have it respond according to this information. Imagine if it could learn to give answers within the context of your professional background.

The Dangers of LLMs

LLMs are prone to flattery and generalisations. They are designed to give answers that feed your ego. That's something I found not to be the case with Euria. With Euria I asked two or three questions about news and current affairs and it, to my recollection, said, "You're wrong" and then explained why.

Experimenting with MyAI and Euria

Initially I tried to get Euria and MyAI to help me with this challenge but the responses were getting errors, and when I gave the error code one of the Swiss options simply put the mistake on me, rather than understanding what was causing the error. Bash was mis-reading the command due to a lack of ''. This segways into my next point.

Thinking in Straight Lines and Laterally

Location Data Loop

When we were getting the E6 error when exporting geotags from Flickr to Exiftool Gemini understood the problem but kept going around in circles until I thought laterally and told it to do something different. Eventually we got the location data to be migrated properly.

Missing Video Data Exif Loop

The second negative feedback loop came when trying to marry json data with video data. The LLM couldn't find video data because Flickr is designed to think in terms of photos. It knew about the thumbnails but it failed to put two and two together.

After some trial and error, and feeling like abandoning the task I decided to get Gemini to check if some video names matched to photo names. When they did Gemini was able to create a prompt to marry the data. The solution is simple, but it requires being able to think laterally.

And Finally - Why Gemini?

Gemini will soon be merged with Siri. Now that I have encountered some of the limitations of Gemini I can use other LLMs and see if I encounter the same issues, but I can also write more elegant prompts to avoid having the same pitfalls.

If you want a very different perspective on what you see at stores and generally in our modern life, I recommend working 6 months to a year at an electronics recycling plant.

It is eye-opening.

It's also a good workout, in case you need to shed a few pounds and build muscle mass. Do good for your planet, your body, and your mind - or at least consumer practices. Go recycle some electronics!

#ewaste #e-waste #electronics #recycling #consumerism #wasteful

To #Plastic, or Not to Plastic? The #Ethical Failure of a #Wasteful Society

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-10-28/to-plastic-or-not-to-plastic-the-ethical-failure-of-a-wasteful-society/

People of UK: We don’t need Digital IDs
Govt: https://xkcd.com/927/

#standards #xkcd #wasteful

CNN headline: “In scathing letter, #NASA #workers #rebuke ‘rapid and #wasteful changes’ at agency.”

My reaction: It makes me sad to think about how upset my father, for years the head of accounting for a division of NASA, would be—if he were still alive now—about the massively #detrimental changes being made to the organization he loved.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/science/nasa-trump-voyager-declaration

#louisiana #golf #wasteful #republicans can find money to give to a wealthy country for golf but can’t find money to fix roads

"U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organizations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations":
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-funded-contraceptives-poor-nations-be-burned-france-sources-say-2025-07-23/
#Trump #destructive #wasteful #politics

"California officials were not satisfied with the announcement Tuesday that Pres. Donald Trump is recalling nearly half of the National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles, and continued to urge the administration to recall all troops":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/national-guard-withdrawal-20771506.php
#Trump #wasteful #PublicityStunt #military #politics

🧐"galling is #government's refusal to use PaoTang app, dev'ed by #Krungthai Bk under prev admin of Prayut. Te app is a proven platform tt has handled numerous govt schemes, incl'g te "We #TravelTogether" campaign.. Tis backward, #partisan decision-making is both #wasteful & #counterproductive. Why shld #taxpayers foot te bill to build new #ineffective apps? #Thailand #Travel Co-pay #fiasco .. reflects a broader #dysfunction tt places #politicalimage above #publicinterest"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3064278/travel-scheme-farce

#Nuclear #sizewellC #power #electric I can't believe that anybody thinks this is a good idea. #dangerous #uneconomic #wasteful #polluting 20th century thinking ?

funny how they use what they already have to make sure others cant have that thing,

...that they never produced in the 1st place.

ie: using their wifi to jam #signals so the rest of us cant have #wifi

isnt that also a #wasteful use of #resources?

So, let me get this straight. When others need #help they're being #weak and #wasteful, and helping them is #socialism. When the same #misfortune befalls us, we go #begging for the same help, #costcutting be damned! #Hypocricy is the #hallmark of #MAGA #deplorables.

#idiot #hypocrite #vengeful #TraitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #traitor #government #USPolitics #corrupt #corruptGOP #FEMA

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-sanders-begs-her-old-150513581.html

Why do we allow #Companies to Give excess packaging material in the name of #Marketing? I mean 70% of chips package air. Most of delivery packaging is #wasteful. If we really wish to #saveThePlanet, shouldnt we firat counter tghe unnecessary usage of materials, that directly end up in landfill?

#Evironment #Climate #Plastic #Packaging

“…as for Homan’s ‘fresh’ idea of creating a hotline, well, there is already an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tipline where you can report crimes like document and benefit fraud, illegal immigration, human trafficking, and many other offenses. It has existed for more than twenty years, and it takes 15,000 calls a month.”

Homan is cruel and incompetent.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fear-is-the-point

#immigration #deportation #homan #ice #foolish #wasteful #redundant #cruel #USpol

Leave out your #dead: The coming demise of the #dirtnap

https://onlys.ky/leave-out-your-dead-the-coming-demise-of-the-dirt-nap

Once the default, traditional #burials will likely be viewed by #future generations as a weird, #wasteful choice

Have you noticed that these new coffee cup tops are not designed to be cleaned???????

They are made of clear brittle plastic and when the crap builds up under the sliding thingy, if you try to clean it, IT BREAKS!!!!!!!

$16 for a disposable cup!!!!!

#wasteful
#CorporateGreed

I heard that almost everybody on the planet gets a new moon EVERY MONTH! Whatever happened to high-quality stuff made to last?? Fast food, fast fashion, fast natural satellites, it’s too much #wasteful

Opinion: Ours is the most #wasteful civilization in history. Here's how to stop that - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-15/trash-garbage-plastic-landfill-climate-change “Americans live in the most wasteful civilization in history. This goes way beyond what we roll to the curb each week. It’s rooted in what we eat and drink and how we cook. It’s the main thing you pay for in your utility bills and at the gas pump. #Waste is so deeply embedded in our economy, products and daily lives that it’s hard to see clearly, or to see at all.”

Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption | Tom's Hardware #CryptoScam #PonziScheme #Wasteful #EnergyHog

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/just-137-crypto-miners-use-23-of-total-us-power-government-now-requiring-commercial-miners-to-report-energy-consumption

Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin | Ars Technica
What a #Wasteful #Scam #Bitcoin
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/over-2-percent-of-the-uss-electricity-generation-now-goes-to-bitcoin/

Some Epson Printers Are Programmed to Stop Working After a Certain Amount of Use

#printer #RightToRepair #wasteful #Epson #ZeroWaste #PlannedObsolescence #BuiltInObsolescence #PrematureObsolescence

https://gizmodo.com/epson-printer-end-of-service-life-error-not-working-dea-1849384045

Right in the middle of a job, my Epson WF-7710 says that the maintenance box needs changing (!), some warning would have been too much to ask I guess... I bought a new one (Epson T6711) and, not only it wasn't full at all (greedy much?!), the printer is not recognising the new one, their own product! Printers have become such a scam 😨 #printer #RightToRepair #wasteful #Epson #ZeroWaste #PlannedObsolescence #BuiltInObsolescence #PrematureObsolescence

The world is facing an #imminent #WaterCrisis w/ demand expected to outstrip the supply of #FreshWater by 40% by the end of this decade, experts have said at crucial #UN #water summit.
#Governments must urgently #stop #subsidising the #extraction & #overuse of #water through misdirected agricultural subsidies & #industries from #mining to #manufacturing must be made to #overhaul their #wasteful practices, according to a #LandmarkReport on the #economics of water.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/17/global-fresh-water-demand-outstrip-supply-by-2030

#Bitcoin is a digital commodity that derives almost all its current "value" from #fetishization and #speculative #mania. It's also a slow, #inefficient, and #wasteful payment network. The payment network is mostly only useful for pseudo-anonymity, #crime, or for avoiding censorship.

The composition of a Bitcoin network's payment record (blockchain) is ultimately determined by those who continually direct the most (otherwise pointless) computing power toward a new block of transactions seeking legitimacy. This is called "proof-of-work-based payment-validation consensus". A large #cabal of computer processing aggregation can, in theory, dishonestly manipulate the payment history of Bitcoin. Bitcoin enthusiasts argue that greed itself prevents such a cabal from hijacking the entire ecosystem, due to fear of completely destroying the Bitcoin price. The enthusiasts have so far been correct about this.

#RationalWIki #crypto #cryptocurrency
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bitcoin

It's been a while since I called out #Hallmark on here for their wastefulness. When cards don't sell, even the extra-expensive ones, they just go in the trash— along with all of the electronics inside. The same is true when they end up with too many.

We really should just all make our own cards, if we choose to give them as gifts.

#Wasteful #Waste #Cards #GreetingCards #EWaste #Electronics #Christmas #MerryChristmas #Trash #Garbage #FuckHallmark #ZeroWaste #WeWishYouAMerryChristmas

Australia's #construction cartel strikes again.

Remember when everyone poured scorn on #China for their #wasteful construction to boost #GDP?

Well #Australia is following in China's footsteps due to #covid19, offering $150,000 grants to already-wealthy #landowners to #renovate properties.

Because we need to keep inflating that #propertyBubble - and #houses in Australia are just not big enough.

Renovation is fine, but not #moneyPrinting and #taxes to support excesses!

#auspol #scomo #giabo