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Comment Re:Meanwhile in the USA (Score 1) 119

If they had the slightest fear of competition then they wouldn't take that risk because a competitor might work their way up in the cheaper markets and then jump into the more profitable ones, but since we don't enforce antitrust law because we're busy freaking out about trans girls playing field hockey in the Midwest you can kiss that goodbye.

Winner of the longest sentence of the day award right here.

Comment Re: Make them occasionally? (Score 1) 186

Welllll, a bunch of countries use VAT, where you pay whatever is on the label

This has *nothing* to do with 'Value Added Tax'!
VAT is a taxation system where product are taxed at every level from manufacture to retail - but only on the 'value added'.

Inclusive pricing just shows the final price of a product, including taxes. But the taxes can be of any sort.

Submission + - Netflix is way worse for the environment than ChatGPT (nerds.xyz) 5

BrianFagioli writes: Netflix and YouTube streaming produce far more COâ than asking ChatGPT a question, according to a new analysis of digital energy use. An hour of HD video streaming generates about 42 grams of COâ, while a chatbot prompt is around 0.1 grams. Even AI image generation (about 1 gram per image) comes in well below binge-watching. The study also found that Zoom calls and text-to-video AI generation sit in the middle, but streaming is still the standout energy hog because it requires continuous data transfer and processing.

Researchers say the bigger problem isnâ(TM)t individual behavior but the energy sources that power data centers. The tech sector produced an estimated 900 million tons of COâ last year, with only about 30 percent powered by renewables. If that shifted to 80 or 90 percent, emissions from all digital activities would drop significantly without people changing their habits at all.

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