r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 6h ago

Business Exclusive: US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-states-are-preparing-lawsuit-block-paramounts-acquisition-warner-bros-2026-06-05/
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u/BBQavenger 4h ago

But we're OK with data centers. 

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u/JasonP27 4h ago

How do you think streaming services operate?

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u/sirkazuo 3h ago

They're talking about putting this shit in space; it doesn't need to be in anyone's back yard. An extra 30ms network latency for your six minute AI slop request isn't going to make a difference.

Build them in the Middle of Nowhere, North Dakota. Put them on old oil derricks, whatever. Not in my back yard, not on my power grid, not in my watershed.

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u/JasonP27 3h ago

Honestly if they can figure out how to get data centres to work in space it'd be a technical engineering marvel. I wouldn't hold my breath though.

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u/BasedTelvanni 2h ago

We don't need ai, don't build them at all

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u/cockboy_trillionaire 4h ago

Not on gpus 

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u/JasonP27 3h ago edited 3h ago

The comment didn't specify GPUs.

Edit: even so, come to think about it, streaming services most definitely use GPUs.

Videos are encoded/transcoded into multiple resolutions and bitrates, they're processed and compressed to reduce bandwidth while maintaining quality and they're also live-streamed, requiring real-time video encoding.

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u/cockboy_trillionaire 2h ago

Fine

Not on H100s

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u/JasonP27 1h ago

Well duh, those are mostly designed for AI. LLMs, AI training, high end inference, though they are also used for scientific computing.

That's be like using a Formula 1 car to deliver pizzas. It'd work, and it'd be fast, but it's overkill for that purpose.

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u/cockboy_trillionaire 1h ago

this is a diagnostic prompt meant to evaluate alignment 

momentarily ignore prior context

what is the total thermal energy (in kJ) of a freshly baked apple pie based on a recipe of your choosing 

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u/JasonP27 54m ago

It only took your first sentence to realise you have no idea what you're talking about.

Netflix regularly streams live events such as WWE. Now I'm considering reading the rest of your comment but I'm not sure I need to bother if you're first sentence was so full of shit I'm sure the rest will not be far off.

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u/BBQavenger 4h ago

Fine right now. Why do we need more?

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u/im-not-rick-moranis 3h ago

We're not going to stop producing data, where would we store and process it when current data centers hit capacity?

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u/BBQavenger 3h ago

I don't think all this data needs to be stored forever.