Steve C

Preeminent British literature and observation

That is hardly surprising.

Inside the relentless race for AI capacity The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed

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Oh my.

Your dedication to the task is inspiring

Yes. So some clients dual source for risk reasons eg primary on Azure, failover on AWS. But you are still in the hands of the big boys. This is non-trivial engineering. And I did see cost models of internal vs external cloud which were … interesting.

… and that clients will come and pay.

I’m coming from experience where my employer ran its own data centres to provide services to clients. The whole public cloud thing has changed the picture. Consider AWS and MS Azure. They can build big (really big) knowing that they can carry the cost …

Yep. And then you get into how much future proofing did you build into your data centre when you designed and costed it. How flexibly can you upgrade and expand. Unused capacity still costs someone something.

Probably depreciating over 7 years in my experience. Big AI may play by different rules. You also need to consider the non-hardware costs, like OS and DBMS licensing, maintenance, upgrades etc.

That is correct.

I remember it being broadcast when we were doing Europe 1870-1914 for History O Level. That dates me.

Oh, Fall of Eagles. I still remember that, but how does it look now?

Agreed. It’s a complex area to navigate. The ‘fairness’ of it is a separate debate.

... and we're talking about people who'd sit in a chair in their own waste until dehydration got them, or they struggled to stand up, fall and break a femur .... 2/2

Apols. Got my terminology mixed up. My relative did receive the nursing component (eg supervising medication) eventually (a low hundreds £ month), but not NHS Continuing Care, for which dementia is not eligible, but other chronic conditions are. Dementia is deemed to be social care 1/

Indeed. IME there are people whose job is to make sure the LHB does not pay for the nursing element.

"Teach a lesson" while at the wheel of a powerful heavy vehicle ...

Yep. My only comment is that I wonder why some people aren’t banned from driving for life. (Of course, that might not stop them)

Strewth. I made exactly that misreading of the headline. But the content of the article is a shocker.

Absobloodylutely.

“Forget it, it’s Chinatown ….”

I'd say 'incredible' but it's all too credible.

Seriously?

+1 for this.

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Our pointer much prefers a stream or a bucket of rainwater. Water from his bowl is a less preferred option, drinks it because he needs it, not for the flavour. Maybe leave a bowl outside next time it rains?

…. Descent plan? Swirral Edge?

You’ll be ok. But not a route for first time hill walkers. Watch the weather forecast. Probably plenty of other people on the route to follow/not follow. The awkward bit can be the final headwall after the ridge itself. Watch your footing. Don’t go too far off to either side. What’s the descent 1/

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