well i originally did the images for the !mars@discuss.tchncs.de community to have some nice visuals to go with. just like pepper makes the food tastier, even though it saves no role in diet, so do visuals make discussion more lively, even though they’re not technically necessary.

anyways, after a significant backlash against AI (that btw i still don’t get but whatever) i stopped posting these images, now they’re sleeping on my disk.

yeah it’s visible that it’s AI but the stuff is still recognizable

meanwhile my own sketches look like this:

also recognizable but less graphic --> less catchy.

also in case anyone is wondering: the greenhouses are well-rendered by AI. it’s not a mistake, i specifically asked it to draw it like this. here are some more:

the reason why it looks like this is because it’s essentially a flat sheet of plastic filled with water, to grow algae in. algae can be surprisingly nutritious actually. (comparable calories to bread)

so, my opinion is, when i want to showcase something, i do the following:

• first, think about what i actually want to show
• second, do some sketches on paper to get a feeling for the thing (often helps with thinking about the thing)
• third, to a cheap crappy drawing digitally, mostly libreoffice impress or krita
• then, ask the AI to basically make it more alive by adding details etc.

electricity is easily transported over 50+ miles so it makes sense to look at it state-wide.

and just to start, if you’re in vienna, i can recommend checking

• https://zeit.diebin.at/ which is a calendar that lists many interesting events
• https://metalab.at/calendar/ which is a calendar but only for one location (the metalab)

that depends on a very large number of variables such as where you live (country), where you live (rural, city), where you live (how close to are to specific meetup locations) etc.

16th repost of this meme in 2 years that i’ve been here.

ouch. i really feel for you.

when the bubble bursts, it won’t go to zero, it will just slightly decrease and then stabilize

like this curve

IIRC san francisco bay area alone laid off 800k tech workers since 2022

In 2025, about 48 datacenter projects worth an estimated $156bn were blocked or stalled by local opposition.

By the way, i believe these numbers to be completely useless.

Say a company wants to build a datacenter at location A, but it gets blocked. So it goes to B, but it also gets blocked. Finally it builds the same datacenter at location C. Now, two datacenters got blocked, but the amount of datacenters that ended up being built is still the same.

i think that linux usage will stagnate around 10% of people using it, with 90% instead choosing not to operate any computer at all …

companies can

what does a human employee cost per month?

i really get what you mean. i also just think that it takes a long time for your subconscious to process changes. so maybe just give it time ~

She’s a transfem from Germany (iirc) and has one of the best senses of humor I have ever seen

Can confirm she has great humor. Have been scrolling through her feed for at least 30 minutes.

it helps to post stickers

oh wow that’s nice. i’ll see if i can remember it.

i blame the car