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Take a deep breath.
We are currently debating concerns relating to data center construction. Simply 73 weeks were needed to overcome planning challenges. The state government is currently debating how to pay back the businesses that run these power-hungry ( apply both meanings ) places ( ′′Speculative’surge: The$ 60m fight over western Melbourne’s AI boom, 28/2 ).
Water firms will be the ones coming up next. This occurs before the challenging, but crucial debates surrounding our unrestrained need for AI have taken place. How precisely does AI improve our quality of life?
These exchanges will no longer be relevant once information centers are in place because economics demands that they be maintained.
Politicians may take a deep breath before putting our wealth, water, and energy into dubious data centers.
Box Hill North, Howard Tankey
You may pay for it.
The” Speculative’surge: The$ 260m fight over western Melbourne’s AI boom,” 28/ 2 ) is a story that power infrastructure company Jemena’s” torn of war” tells the entire story of who will be responsible for the surge in data center energy consumption ( «Speculative’surge: The$ 260m fight over western Melbourne’s AI boom.
A significant increase in pole and wire investment plus a significant increase in generation capacity will undoubtedly be returned to the typical home consumer, boosting the cost.
energy prices, and consequently, the pressures of the cost of living.
In areas where data centers are required to spend to generate their own energy ( and cooling water ), the issue of who pays for this is much addressed. Let’s hope that the session is effectively learned here when too many of these centers are constructed.
Camberwell, Robert Brown
Woolies IA a little harsh
I enjoyed reading about people’s bizarre encounters with a Business AI tool that claimed to have an unhappy mother, 27/2.
My daughter just submitted an application for a low-level position at a Business suburb. A Sapia AI application, in her case, set up a series of questions during the interview process.
Then, based on my mother’s answers,” She” next proceeded to create an inaccurate and somewhat disrespectful personality profile, followed by a list of hypotheses about how these traits may impact her job type. These presumptions were the reverse of what one might have based on the character account.
Then, perhaps, Sapia requested a film be sent to demonstrate my sister’s authenticity. No mention of who might be able to access the video was provided. It was also impossible to be certain of protection.
She obviously disagreed with the scope of this position. If a business that operates in the majority of the suburbs be this obscure and opaque? |
Greensborough resident Abby McKee
a polite performer
Thank you for the article ( 28/ 2 ) titled” Legendary restaurateur Con Christopoulos sits down for a rare interview.
Unlike those who like to blow their own trumpet with continuous self-promotion and an overinflated personality, it is always the silent performers who exhibit our city’s attractive figure.
Brighton, Mel Smith
Albo, Grace
No finalists here! Albanese: 0. Tame: 0. It is visible. The phrase “difficult person” straight out of the parental playbook, and the president’s invitation to Israel was a misunderstanding.
The phrase “old person” is immediately taken straight out of the insensitive handbook. and yelling “globalise the uprising” into a microphone was a contentious blunder.
Beechworth, Pauline Brandon
Politics is harsh.
It’s awful to hear Tim Wilson had to undergo past Thursday night in Bentleigh East. Tim Wilson sold his home in response to concerns about the safety of the election campaign, 27/ ). I wish him and his home the best of luck and he’s alright.
In the same way, I deplore what actors like Josh Burns have had to go through in St Kilda. And for our excellent chancellor, the Lodge’s departure must have been harrowing.
Lord Melbourne once said that elections is a noble profession. It can certainly be heartbreaking and brutal, too.
East St Kilda, Theo Giantsos
Sardine answers
The short-sighted casing plans of Victorian Work and Democrats are fascinating because they are all about Melbourne.
Living aside from Melbourne is a more energizing and healthier environment because we have a great state.
Centuries ago, my wife and I moved, but we haven’t returned. Although I frequently return, I’m glad when I get over the mess, dust, and congestion of Werribee.
The main problem is, however, the lack of infrastructure funding for Melbourne. Any pollie would have an idea of what could be accomplished with equipment investments, such as those for good roads, rail, schools, hospitals, and sports facilities in the nation?
I doubt it. With no facilities but only taxation plans, they are distinctively focused on mackerel solutions in Melbourne.
Maybe they should just keep our remote communities as they are rather than feigning to look over the fence and continue to do so; otherwise, they could only muck it up.
Point Lonsdale, Keith Hawkins
Bank fees
From April 2026, the interest rate on my NAB visa card will increase from the current 13.99 % to a stunning 20.99 %. Nearly 50 % more popular.
Is this a different kind of lender assault?
Carnegie, Walter Renfrey
clinical carelessness
I was very interested in reading Hannah Kennelly’s opinion piece, which read” I was 10 when I started feeling pain, but also into adulthood before everyone believed me,” 27/2. I do not have endometriosis, as Hannah describes, so I am unable to fully comprehend what she has experienced, but I can relate to the common denominator that she uses: that medical professionals should treat ( female ) bodies with dignity and respect.
I have had the honor of having had access to some excellent medical practitioners who have listened to and nurtured my anguish knowledge.
Nonetheless, I’ve also had the experience of the opposite, where medical professionals, frequently young or in education, appear to be striving for power, control, and standing, leaving little room for being “heard.”
Patients complaining about their own experiences with medical treatment have reportedly received little or no accountability or explanation from the healthcare system, and there is a clear desire to tip things up. One of the basic tenets of the healthcare system is that it prioritizes the needs of the patient over those of the market or the political pressures. How then can these events remain justified?
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journalist with a distillation
I’ll miss Stephen Brook’s ( CBD farewell, 27/2 ) masterful writing, which so effectively distilled so much into one sentence that it frequently required a second read to fully appreciate it.
Brighton East, Howard Bishop
Paws provision
Re: sharing medical reports ( Letters, 28/2 ) Not long ago, I was taking care of a sister’s doggie to my veterinarian after she appeared to be collapsing. I requested a duplicate of her information to provide to my aunt, but it was discovered that it could only be provided to another veterinarian or an insurance company. Accessing health information seems to be difficult, even for people.
Seaholme and Kristen Hurley
Means back of Ron
I’ll skip the fine ole Brunton Avenue, but Ron Barassi deserves that MCG Way name.
Traralgon, Ian Macdonald
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