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506 points Terretta | 5 comments | 29 Aug 25 13:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.819s | source
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Shakahs ◴[29 Aug 25 19:59 UTC] No.45068700[source]▶
Grok are the first models I am boycotting on purely environmental grounds. They built their datacenter without sufficient local power supply and have been illegally powering it with unpermitted gas turbine generators until that capacity gets built, to the significant detriment of the local population.

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/elon-musk-xai-gas...

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1. asah ◴[29 Aug 25 20:46 UTC] No.45069209[source]▶
There are nicer ways to say this.
2. moshun ◴[29 Aug 25 20:50 UTC] No.45069241[source]▶
Technology does not exist separately from society and culture, and in the last few decades has arguably made a lot of the world and society worse. I’m all for using the biggest lever I have to address harmful behaviors from corporations. Withhold your wallet, stay off their platforms and make your reasons known.

I’m not sure what about that you’re upset with.

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3. a1371 ◴[29 Aug 25 20:55 UTC] No.45069292[source]▶
Hacker News Guidelines are worth a read:

## In Comments

Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic"

4. curvaturearth ◴[29 Aug 25 20:56 UTC] No.45069298[source]▶
Go touch some grass
5. jondwillis ◴[29 Aug 25 20:59 UTC] No.45069324[source]▶
>stay off their platforms

I mean… this is part of GPs point. Here we are, playing on the lawn of private equitists, probably directly or indirectly working for the people that GGP was railing against.