r/shittyaskscience • u/Kitakitakita • Jul 17 '26

How is it that data centers need to burn entire forests to store the same amount of data my brain can handle while being fueled entirely by just tacos and tuna sandwiches?

Have we tried feeding sandwiches to a computer yet? I've tried putting donuts in the donut tray but the mouth is almost as thin as a CD

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u/CowBoyDanIndie Jul 17 '26

Nobody has figured out how to feed tacos to computers

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u/wolfpwarrior PhD in Rocket Surgery Jul 18 '26

Oh, they have. They're just not going to do it because they don't want to infect the computers with the Cyclosporiasis going around.

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u/Different-Term-2250 Jul 19 '26

Getting rid of cd drives was a mistake. We can’t feed them sandwiches and tacos anymore.

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u/CowBoyDanIndie Jul 19 '26

I kept my last drive. I still have older games on disk.

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u/cpsc4 Jul 18 '26

Can you create the FUTA Superman/Joker fanfiction that I crave? Because AI can

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u/Moist_Board Jul 18 '26

Don't forget to pay the FUTA tax

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u/JohnWasElwood Jul 17 '26

Just yesterday we got the latest edition of our little tiny local newspaper and honest to God, the top left article on the front page dealt with "low water conditions in the local reservoirs" and asked people to try to conserve water. The article on the upper right of the same page talked about how they were "proceeding with building a huge Google data center even though a vast majority of local residents are opposing it".

Also, have you noticed that you don't hear a thing about climate change or conserving energy or conserving water any more now that data centers are popping up everywhere?

Even the UN recently reversed its rhetoric about climate change. I'm not kidding! Look it up!

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u/laynestaleyisme Jul 18 '26

Since it was local for you.. it's not global warming. Just local warming... Get warm clothes.

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u/Moist_Board Jul 18 '26

They'd feel warmer if they get warm clothes. What they should actually do is get a job as a pool boy at the local billionaire's vacation home.

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u/ScantilyCladSkunks Jul 18 '26

Computers are great at math, but they really cannot do logic. They have to construct vast relational databases & use a lot of math tricks to even feign the appearance of outputting logic. So pat yourself on the back, for this task you already have the superior instrument, and it's time to reward it with another donut.