MariaAragon64
- Artist
- Author
Self taught artist and 'indie' author.
https://www.mariaaragon.com/
My novels are available via Lulu.com and Amazon.com in hardback, paperback and kindle.
Joined Mar 2020
If all Google searches similarly used generative AI, they might consume as much electricity as a country the size of Ireland, calculates Alex de Vries, the founder of Digiconomist, a website that aims to expose the unintended consequences of digital trends.
Every time someone uses ChatGPT to write an essay, create an image or advise them on planning their day, the environment pays a price.
A query on the chatbot that uses artificial intelligence is estimated to require at least 10 times more electricity than a standard search on Google.
MariaAragon64
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The Monday edition of the pandemic update is out with some new data and news.
Monday's Pandemic Update: Covid Safe Vacation Has Begun
https://youtu.be/evhZPHHjeKg
Got my computer back!!
Well, I'm going to go in tomorrow with an external hard drive, ask them to move mu documents onto it, so I'll at least have them.
My computer may be a lost cause.
Damn it.
MariaAragon64
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"The survey, which drew responses from 5,699 published authors, found that in 2022, their median gross pre-tax income from their books was $2,000. When combined with other writing-related income, the total annual median income was $5,000." https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/93301-author-incomes-post-small-gains.html
@Koore
Little known trivia: an ancestor of the actor Sam Neill helped burn down the White House.
Update.
They're having a hard time accessing what they need to fix because something in it, a program/malware is fighting them.
They may have to remove all of my files and then strip it down/factory reset it.
Damn.
#CosoAuthor #computer
My computer is being repaired.
I hope I get it back tomorrow.
#CosoAuthor
Bummed out.
Something's wrong with my computer and I have to take it in tomorrow.
MariaAragon64
boosted
Here's a thread for when you feel anxious about the election :
1. Democrats have targeted the districts where tampering is likely to occur and there are hundreds of lawyers retained and ready to go.
MariaAragon64
boosted
#FUNFACT - MOVIENIGHT started here on COSO during the pandemic.
People were going stir crazy with lockdowns and all that stuff.
COSO thought about what would be cool to bring folks together again.
And that's exactly what we've done. Over many iterations.
And times have changed and will change again, and again.
But hope lives. Here.
The DJ of last nights awesome party at DNC
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-08-20/dnc-dj-cassidy-music-playlist
MariaAragon64
- Artist
- Author
Self taught artist and 'indie' author.
https://www.mariaaragon.com/
My novels are available via Lulu.com and Amazon.com in hardback, paperback and kindle.
Joined Mar 2020