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.https://eeb.org/library/coolproducts-report/#FrugalComputing

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.https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/#FrugalComputing

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 £30Deadline 1 Oct (full talk)/ 8 Oct (lightning talk)Please consider submitting, whether you're academic or not, and please spread the word.https://www.sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco2024/#FrugalComputing #LowCarbonComputing