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		add-sub-mul-div 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In a first, Google has released data on how much e... Right, and the scraping, the extra storage required, the manufacture of all the extra GPUs, etc. This is them hoping people don't understand that the query is only one part of it and aren't curious enough to ask further questions.

xnx 4 months ago [–]

It's rare to see this type of calculation anywhere, though I wish it weren't.

A miles per gallon number for a car doesn't count the diesel that went into the equipment to mine the ore to make the steel for the chassis, etc.

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