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On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 02:23:24 +0200, Lasse Langwadt <llc@fonz.dk> wrote:

>On 4/4/26 13:11, john larkin wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:19:31 -0700, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>
>>> I asked Google AI "how many joules does a google AI query use" and it
>>> says the mean is 864. That's not worth a lot.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Larkin
>>> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
>>> Lunatic Fringe Electronics
>> 
>> 
>> Google
>> 
>>     what is the time of day pattern of google ai queries
>> 
>> There are two daily peaks, between 8 AM and 10 AM and 6 PM to 9 PM.
>> 
>> The late peak looks bad for using wind or solar power. AI is going to
>> make a lot of CO2.
>
>
>have you tried some of the good(paid) AI? I was skeptical, but I must 
>admit some of if feels like nearly magic

No, but some of my guys have used it for coding.

I'm designing a series of little PoE timing boxes and need fake
pictures for preliminary data sheets and manuals. One of my people
took pics of some other boxes and asked some AI thing to change the
text and model numbers, and it just did. Looks fine.


John Larkin
Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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recursion john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-02 19:19 -0700
  Re: recursion john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-04 04:11 -0700
    Re: recursion Lasse Langwadt <llc@fonz.dk> - 2026-04-05 02:23 +0200
      Re: recursion john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-04 18:00 -0700
  Re: recursion Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2026-04-06 17:46 +0100
    Re: recursion Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-07 03:35 +1000
    Re: recursion john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-06 10:50 -0700

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