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by k310 80 days ago
They will be soon, when "AI" runs on your laptop (some already does).

All that surplus electrical power will warm and cool our homes, and giant concrete buildings will provide affordable housing, so badly needed.

If billionaires can profit from bubbles, so can we working and retired slobs.
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guzfip 80 days ago
> They will be soon, when "AI" runs on your laptop (some already does).

Meanwhile many consumer operating systems are trying to make it as difficult as possible to run unsigned, untrusted executables outside of sandbox.

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k310 80 days ago
> Meanwhile many consumer operating systems are trying to make it as difficult as possible to run unsigned, untrusted executables outside of sandbox.

Or even derivatives of them. Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store [0]

Damn control freaks. And they always want to control "the good guys" because we're easier to manage than "the bad guys" that eat their lunch.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47601555

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lazybean 80 days ago
But they let AI run ; AI that can then run unsigned, untrusted code.

Anyway, Ill run linux on the mushroom. Or an custom OS coded in rust (the fungus)

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lazybean 80 days ago
I like your optimism. Repurposing datacenters as housing sounds good, but the buildings are designed for servers, not people. A least datacenters are in remote locations so there should be some nature around.
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