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Apr 11Liked by Sam Volkering

I bought VRT at $53 on a hunch it would go higher, didn't know what this AI company did. Now it's $84.77.

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Apr 11Liked by Sam Volkering

Plenty of scope here for heating systems as a byproduct of powering and cooling electronics. A collaboration between the Icelandic geezer hot water heat distribution engineers and data centre designers might yield some sensible mutually beneficial solutions. Cu has a great future I feel both for cooling and electrification. Regards

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Yeah I think the copper story has a lot of beef behind it and is def something I'm looking at closer again

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Apr 11Liked by Sam Volkering

Whatever happened to IoT (internet of tings ya nah man .... and I and I alone go to Babylon mate ... bonza, beaut)? Are NFTs debunked/gone, it was always a stretch for me? Wouldn't it be something gargantuan if a couple of the big players teamed up (take your pick, say Microsoft and Nvidia, the mind boggles); perhaps the monopolies and mergers commission would stamp on it.

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IoT is still a thing, just no one calls it that anymore – it's AI-connected lol. NFTs are still around, just that rock jpegs maybe lost their shine. And mergers and monopolies are coming (again).

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Apr 11Liked by Sam Volkering

Back in the 70s, I worked on IBM mainframes, many of which were water cooled. A whole room of IKEA style unts holding a massive 32MB of main storage. The internals looked like a set of circuit boards entwined with an underfloor heating sytem. When it sprung a leak, part of the repair kit ordered by the engineer, were parts Nos X and Y - a bucket and sponge!

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32MB! That does make for an interesting discussion too, memory and the direction memory tech is heading. Something I think we'll dive into more as well. If you've got any great stories or insight from your days at IBM, I'd love to hear them if you want to share. Send through to feedback@southbankresearch.com and attn to me – thanks for the comments :)

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Apr 11Liked by Sam Volkering

I too have a cat that snoozed on my laptop and my tablet.

As portable devices become more powerful and therefore generate more heat it would be interesting to see how manufacturers respond to the heat issue and whether these devises and also cellphones become larger to accomodate improvements in cooling.

sincerely,

Reeed

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Apr 11Liked by Sam Volkering

Sam Volkerling! :D because he sees how all these other things fit together without the BS

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