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Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.
Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?
Here's the actual impact.
"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

I've seen 51 of these top 100 movies from the nytimes
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/23/nyts-best-films-of-the-21st-century-polls-over-500-filmmakers

Detection of X-ray Emission from a Bright Long-Period #RadioTransient: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16606 -> Eccentric 'Star' Defies Easy Explanation, NASA's Chandra Finds: https://chandra.si.edu/press/25_releases/press_052825.html and https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/lprt/

Pro & Contra: Brauchen wir ein Bugfix-macOS?
Redesign-Gerüchte sorgen bei manchen für Augenrollen. Statt neuer Funktionen wünschen sie sich mehr Stabilität. Muss Apple auf die Feature-Bremse treten?
https://www.…

Control of Marine Robots in the Era of Data-Driven Intelligence
Lin Hong, Lu Liu, Zhouhua Peng, Fumin Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21063 https://

Control of Marine Robots in the Era of Data-Driven Intelligence
The control of marine robots has long relied on model-based methods grounded in classical and modern control theory. However, the nonlinearity and uncertainties inherent in robot dynamics, coupled with the complexity of marine environments, have revealed the limitations of conventional control methods. The rapid evolution of machine learning has opened new avenues for incorporating data-driven intelligence into control strategies, prompting a paradigm shift in the control of marine robots. This…

"For more than half a century, Argentina has tried as hard as it could to push intellectuals out of the country, committing a slow institutionalized suicide. This almost imperceptible rotting process is at the root of the decadence of what was considered one of the richest and most advanced countries at the beginning of the 20th century."
Watching the US repeating this pattern in real time is unbearable yet completely predictable.

The Argentine Brain Drain
Argentina is currently experiencing a brain drain so strong that it made the headlines on Swiss television.

"Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire
The world seems to have avoided truly catastrophic climate scenarios, and global emissions may be about to peak. But we’re by no means out of danger

The two ends of the NFL contract spectrum: Team- and player-friendly deals at six positions https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45570005/2025-nfl-contracts-ranking-best-worst-team-player-friendly-deals-positions

"‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report"
#Birds #Animals

Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Trajectory Tracking of a Seagoing USV: Design, Simulation, and Field Experiments
Jelmer van der Saag, Elia Trevisan, Wouter Falkena, Javier Alonso-Mora
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21265

Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Trajectory Tracking of a Seagoing USV: Design, Simulation, and Field Experiments
Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) face significant control challenges due to uncertain environmental disturbances like waves and currents. This paper proposes a trajectory tracking controller based on Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) implemented on the DUS V2500. A custom simulation incorporating realistic waves and current disturbances is developed to validate the controller's performance, supported by further validation through field tests in the harbour of Scheveningen, the Netherla…