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> if the primary concern is simply to reduce resource consumption to a minimum

..."required".

That allows you to fit pretty much everything in that requirement. Which actually makes my initial point a bit weak, as some would put "delivering 4K quality tiktok videos" as a requirement.

Point is that energy consumption and broad environmental impact has to be a constraint in how we design our systems (and businesses).

I stand by my accusations of whataboutism and strawmaning, though.



carelessly thrown about accusations of whataboutism and strawmaning are an excellent example of whataboutism and strawmaning. I was making a specific point, directly to the topic, without either putting words in their mouth or addressing an unrelated issue. I'll stand by my retort.




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