Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down17cross-posted to: lobsters
arrow-up1708arrow-down1external-linkAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square79fedilinkcross-posted to: lobsters
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·8 days agoGraphite is conductive. A short circuit and fire are Very Bad.
minus-squareAlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoCouldn’t you just use a charcoal pencil or crayon instead?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-28 days agoYes, but neither of those write as cleanly. And both are still prone to fragmenting, even if the fragments aren’t conductive.
Graphite is conductive. A short circuit and fire are Very Bad.
Couldn’t you just use a charcoal pencil or crayon instead?
Yes, but neither of those write as cleanly. And both are still prone to fragmenting, even if the fragments aren’t conductive.