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Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions

GeekWire

Amazon has pledged to make its retail and cloud-computing operations “net carbon zero” by 2040, but its newly released 2019 sustainability report shows that greenhouse gas emissions rose over the previous year by 15%. (Jordan Stead / Amazon Photo).

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

There are demonstration fusion reactors running or under construction around the world. “If commercial fusion energy becomes available by the end of this decade, it could ease all the various possible pathways to [carbon] net-zero by 2050.” Click to enlarge. The reactor in Everett, Wash., should start operating in 2024.

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Here’s why Microsoft’s carbon footprint grew 21% last year, as profits swelled

GeekWire

Though the company reduced some of its emissions sources, it grew in the massive “scope 3” category, which covers emissions from third parties — namely the goods and services purchased by Microsoft, the energy used by Microsoft’s consumer products, and the concrete and steel needed for its construction projects.

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Technology Short Take 131

Scott Lowe

Quentin Machu outlines a series of problems his company experienced using Weave Net as the CNI for their Kubernetes clusters, as well as describes the migration process to a new CNI. The article doesn’t go deep on any of them, but does provide some useful information and comparison of the various mechanisms. Thanks for reading!

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Technology Short Take #50

Scott Lowe

Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. It’s important to note that these security enhancements don’t really represent “net new” functionality but rather reflect existing Linux security constructs now being exposed and usable by Docker.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Whereas postpaid customers may be characterized by their affordability, high propensity to call ‘on-net’, i.e., to their family or friends from within their network of provider, a rich residential location, etc. Preparing meaningful clusters is like preparing derived attributes.

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Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist

Vox

By comparison, Bezos has been fairly reticent to discuss what motivates his philanthropy and the pace at which he’ll do it. It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. I will keep at it until the safe is empty,” she wrote.