3 ms·
Extracting energy from the environment is a prerequisite for living. “Extracting” information must be among the lowest energy level consumptions. In many case
by the_other 2y ago
Extracting energy from the environment is a prerequisite for living.
“Extracting” information must be among the lowest energy level consumptions. In many cases it’s a (lossy) copy action rather than a subtraction.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoThe point is not quantitative, but philosophical. The attitude is the problem, not the absolute cost. The attitude is what propagates more serious problems, and that is what engineer types often fail to understand.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoWhat makes me sad is people spending more time commenting on Hackernews, but not as much time helping starving kids in Africa.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoIf it does, that's your right. And I agree that in part spending so much time with technology is senseless.