For giggles I asked gemini how many emails are generated every second across the globe? Gemini came back with a specific number: 4.5 million emails are generated every second, with 392.5 billion emails per day, and 143 trillion emails per year. The carbon footprint of those emails is 42.9 million tonnes of CO2 yearly, and requires the equivalent energy output of approximately 4 to 5 large nuclear power plants running constantly just to keep the servers spinning and the data centers cool. SO STOP FUCKING EMAILING!
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A R Rahman took the bait and went with it. While I agree that the country has become more communal, that is not the reason for him getting less movies. He’s been producing shitty music for over a decade now. Surely there are one-off hits here and there but even he should realize how bad his music has been for more than a decade now.
I am investing in a used rower for our basement. We had been looking to add a rower to our basement for a bit and eventually I have settled on a used Hydrow which was a great price and the owner was willing to deliver to me locally. While I know Concept C2 is the gold standard in rowing, I was not willing to invest into it, even a used one (which would have been around the same price). Hydrow is quietest when compared to water rowers or C2s, resistance can be changed a bit and has 22″ screen, though it’s made to be used with membership. We plan to just use the row feature for now and see how it goes, and if we lose interest it’s not much money down the train. We may even do the membership for a few months to use off the “health” credit that A gets each year. Looking forward to this equipment joining us tomorrow!
I have decided to stop cross posting on Bluesky. Looking my at interaction history over last two years, most if not all of it happens over mastodon. I follow very few people and interact with even lesser and it’s been mostly mastodon. I will keep the Bluesky account though to interact with others or follow accounts that I used to follow on twitter. Let’s see how it works for a while.
Looks like at least another couple of hours oooff. Couple of residents went and talked to the repair men and posted to Facebook. A wasted Saturday this. Longest power outage in a while! Last one I remember this long was multi day outage we lucked out and didn’t face but our friends and then they camped over at ours for several days. I hope this one ends tonight itself though.
I hope every person who didn’t vote last election wakes up every morning, looks at their own face and feel so embarrassed that they slap themselves 50 times before they make it out of the house. You pathetic scum of humans I hope you nothing but the worst to happen to you and your families.
In other news Apple just sent me an email after 2 weeks that my iCloud to Google Photos transferred failed with “error” with no explanation of said error. Glad I didn’t wait for this and did all the stuff manually so I don’t really need it anymore. But I guess my dream of having a single source of truth will remain unfinished for now.
My cousin is a dumb idiot. He keeps pinging me about universities here and how it’s his dream to do masters here and get a job and I am fucking tired of telling him now is not the time to come to this country with all the anti brown anti immigration crap going on. But mofo won’t listen so I was like you do you – just don’t complain when you are actually here and see it for yourself! It angers me he is going to throw out next few years of his formative life by coming here. Ugh!
The toughest adjustment I have had to do this week at new job is not learning new tech new process or new people – it’s WFH. Like I want to get out of house this weekend just to be away and do something else. This is an unexpected feeling but I am sure I will get spoiled and used to this soon.
End of Week 1 and I am exhausted drinking from the firehose. Unlike a decade ago it now takes me more time and multiple readings to understand and get the same concepts. I am excited about new learnings but also damn I wish I had the mind and body of a 30 year old to keep going. Now I need my breaks and reset time before next set of learnings.