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September 25, 2020 Ecological Impact of High-performance Computing | ||||
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"Educators may want to reconsider teaching Python to University students. There are plenty environmentally friendly alternatives." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiwghkHWkAEzbMx?format=jpg Python is the more CO2-intensive and less efficient of the languages in astronomy, argues https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.11295v1.pdf Bit coin mining could probably the worst offender here, but who doesn't like money!? |
September 27, 2020 Re: Ecological Impact of High-performance Computing | ||||
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Posted in reply to Arun | On Friday, 25 September 2020 at 21:26:15 UTC, Arun wrote: > "Educators may want to reconsider teaching Python to University students. There are plenty environmentally friendly alternatives." > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiwghkHWkAEzbMx?format=jpg > > Python is the more CO2-intensive and less efficient of the languages in astronomy, argues https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.11295v1.pdf This is a very important subject, thanks for bringing it up. This could be a real killer feature for D as the world population grows and our dependency on computing increases. > > Bit coin mining could probably the worst offender here, but who doesn't like money!? But is Bitcoin money!? |
October 18, 2020 Re: Ecological Impact of High-performance Computing | ||||
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Posted in reply to Arun | On Friday, 25 September 2020 at 21:26:15 UTC, Arun wrote: > "Educators may want to reconsider teaching Python to University students. There are plenty environmentally friendly alternatives." > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiwghkHWkAEzbMx?format=jpg > > Python is the more CO2-intensive and less efficient of the languages in astronomy, argues https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.11295v1.pdf > > Bit coin mining could probably the worst offender here, but who doesn't like money!? Here's another article on this important subject: https://thenewstack.io/which-programming-languages-use-the-least-electricity/ |
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