We suggest using living spiders as cooling devices for data centers (2020)

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dweinus•1 day ago

Ah, so this is The Web I have been hearing so much about!

summarybot•1 day ago

more precisely, the interwebs

srean•1 day ago

SIG Bovik ?

perilunar•about 18 hours ago

I visited a piggery once. The smell was intense, but what amazed me was that the ceilings of the sheds were completely covered in spider webs, so thick that you could barely see the metal ceiling.

So… if they want bugs to feed the spiders, I suggest filling the data centres with pig shit. Shit in, slop out!

chuckadams•about 22 hours ago

Do you WANT AI cyborg spider overlords?

Because that’s how you get AI cyborg spider overlords.

jazz9k•1 day ago

We need more jobs. Just use people.

tacomagick•1 day ago

You can pay a spider some bugs, I don't think a human would be happy to receive just food as a payment method.

bayarearefugee•about 20 hours ago

> You can pay a spider some bugs, I don't think a human would be happy to receive just food as a payment method.

Maybe not today, but give it a couple more years of increased data center build outs and AI job displacement and maybe the math changes on this!

tacomagick•about 18 hours ago

So we come back full circle to slavery

pixel_popping•1 day ago

You guys have been hired today to just seat there and absorb the heat.

cluckindan•1 day ago

Finally, a C-suite position!

CharlesW•1 day ago

Finally, a cease-heat position!

hsuduebc2•about 23 hours ago

Finally the ancient craft of fan bearers will be resurrected.

jjkaczor•1 day ago

... well, that would guarantee I never take a gig in one of those data centers...

ninju•1 day ago

Nope...just nope!

We suggest using living spiders as cooling devices for data centers (2020)

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