Current typical smart phone lifetime is 3 years.
To compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions from production, distribution and disposal, they should last from 25 to 232 (!) years.

Coolproducts don't cost the Earth - Report - EEB - The European Environmental Bureau

Our electricals don’t last as long as they used to. Their useful lifespans are decreasing and it is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to repair them or replace key parts like a cracked screen. Whatever the reason, repeatedly manufacturing new products to replace old ones is not just bad news for consu ...

(eeb.org)

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From a low carbon computing perspective, this is extremely disappointing:

"the recent Mastodon upgrade has caused a significant amount of performance degradation, and I think the only way to really solve it is going to be to throw a lot of money into hardware"

So basically, Mastodon is becoming so much of a resource hog that people need to upgrader their hardware? I think that is unacceptable.

RIP botsin.space

(muffinlabs.com)

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Hi everyone, I am organising LOCO 2024, 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing
It's hybrid and will be held 3 Dec 2024, in Glasgow (Scotland) and on line.
On line attendance is free; in person is £30

Deadline 1 Oct (full talk)/ 8 Oct (lightning talk)

Please consider submitting, whether you're academic or not, and please spread the word.

LOCO2024 - SICSA

SICSA - Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance

SICSA (www.sicsa.ac.uk)

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