Extropic founder Guillaume Verdon and tech operators counter Polaroid's anti-data-center billboards, citing a 1,000x water-efficiency advantage for digital photos

@theojaffee Yeah, these atoms based companies are throwing stones in a glass house lol

@beffjezos this is how climate change people sound to me

Ironically it takes about 1000x less water to store a photo in a data center for five years than to print it on a Polaroid

@mediachecker @beffjezos China also has increased their grid capacity (& lowered rates) many times over compared to us. Don’t you think it’s important to have a reliable grid first?

@tommyborumjokes @beffjezos What about mass surveillance is appealing to you?

@beffjezos How about first fixing the grid? In CA we already have brownouts several times a year and they want to install data centers AND give them the priority when there’s less electricity-priority over families…& charge us higher rates every year. Fix that & I have no issue.

@beffjezos polaroid's whole pitch is analogue cameras, not exactly a neutral party on whether digital infrastructure should exist

aall 5,400+ us data centres combined account for about 0.3% of public water supply

@beffjezos Talk about fucking retarded.

@beffjezos American prosperity: the goyim are left holding the bag.

@beffjezos strongly agreed, but pls note that an extremely terrible problem is the proximity of data centers to residential communities with human families. i sincerely hope that offshore datacenters (or something comparable) can provide an alternative pls

https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/wind/aikido-launches-offshore-datacenter-technologya--20260309

@beffjezos Unfortunately, I think much of the funding is from the Chinese government. They are getting really good at using propaganda and exploiting our society.

@beffjezos who would have thought that the dopamine brain slop platforms would cause people to not reason through and critically think about things

@beffjezos Coming from all companies now practically defunct: Polaroid 🤣🤣🤣

@theojaffee what exactly is 1000x less, in math terms?

@beffjezos Who will fund the counter campaign?

These are well funded efforts and if there is no cohesive, loud, broad rebuttal, it will be assumed silence means it is true.

@beffjezos Polaroid doesn’t want to lose its Shanghai and Hong Kong offices they will push this CCP propaganda to preserve their market

@beffjezos You’re not American

@beffjezos I say we crucify everything that’s Anti-love

@beffjezos If only Polaroid=kodak

@beffjezos