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Where is the hugging face of agents and harnesses?

I know this isn’t feature request yet maybe somewhere knows more about this than I.

Can we get tab management on iOS too please?


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These little easter eggs are why I read the comment section down to the Nth level of nesting.


Kaiser has priorities, healthcare being #4 or 5


Sub-Atomic level chips soon, then?


Yes, shortly followed by negative space chips


Isnt that quantum computing?


But you can do that in a closed system and recapture the water


You cannot have evaporative cooling without evaporating some water into the atmosphere.

A closed circuit cooling tower still has water spraying onto the closed loop process water heat exchanger coil and mixing with atmospheric air to evaporate and cool the process water indirectly instead of evaporating and recirculating the process water that doesn’t evaporate directly like in an open-loop cooling tower.

I suppose you could condense the evaporated water somehow by using a chilled umbrella or some other ridiculous contraption above the cooling tower, but why would you do that?

FWIW I sell and run commercial electrical work, primarily to mechanical contractors who are installing boilers, chillers, cooling towers, and pumps. I spend my professional life immersed in this type of equipment.


> I suppose you could condense the evaporated water somehow by using a chilled umbrella or some other ridiculous contraption above the cooling tower, but why would you do that?

Specifically to reduce the ongoing demand for water.

DCs need to get to net-zero on their energy requirements and their water consumption.

They are already losing their political license to operate because they're not.

That's independent of the noise and other impositions on the local communities.

For a DC to be politically acceptable it must be:

* Net zero emissions on energy consumption, preferably powered by renewables in addition to the existing local supply.

* Net zero on water consumption, especially fresh/drinking water from local supplies.

* Low to no noise or other pollution.


To quote the great Jeffrey Lebowski, “That’s just like, your opinion, man.”

You may think these are necessary things to do, but data centers are being built as we speak that are not net zero on energy or water consumption. That’s reality.

It would be ideal if data centers had net zero energy and water consumption, don’t get me wrong. That won’t happen without legislation, and even then legislative efforts will be a patchwork that won’t cover everyone due to some politicians selling out their constituents.


That's the current reality and people are realizing that they are being ripped off in their local communities, which will result in an already beginning backlash against datacenters and particularly AI datacenters.

I don't think this will change in the US, because your governments have been totally corrupted and you have much bigger problems than datacenters.

It will/is happening in more enlightened/democratic jurisdictions.


That is called a heat pipe and doesn't get you anything. It's exactly the same as a closed plain water loop with no phase-change involved.


Then it’s not being measured adequately.

The loss of material must be included

If water is evaporated or spent out of the system.. it is not more efficient


It is more efficient, in terms of cost the datacenter owner pays per unit of heat extracted. Water is cheap in places this is being done, relative to amount of heat vaporization can carry off.

You can certainly argue DCs should pay more for water than other uses, but who gets to decide what is a good vs bad use of water? Pricing in externalities is tricky, and water usage rights are especially complicated. I don't know what a good&fair solution is.


Companies will never price in externalities unless they are forced to.


I would guess that evaporative cooling is usually still cheaper even if you price in externalities. In most of the world there isn't really a shortage of water.


How inefficient


Way more efficient, that's why they do it. Evaporating water carries an enormous amount of energy.


It uses almost half as much electricity, it’s way more efficient than air cooled chillers by themselves.

East of the 100 degree W line of longitude, there is more than enough water to use evaporative cooling if needed.


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When it’s not perceived from a visual cue


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