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YSK: While you're on Lemmy/Kbin/Fediverse, you're not "the product" but you're also not "the customer".

Lets see what the future brings. As long as the user count is low there isn't much of a problem, but if instances suddenly have millions of users, it will get expensive for admins to run the service. If too few people donate (what is usually the case), admins are forced to search for other ways to finance the infrastructure. The other point is AI, wheter you like it or not, if Lemmy is big enough, the content (conversations etc.) will be used to train LLMs. Also, the content will certainly be interesting for advertisers to learn user preferences. The difficulty comes with scale.

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If the body's natural temperature is about 98 degrees (F), why does it still feel really hot when the ambient temperature is 98F?

  • Your body produces heat.
  • Generation and removal of heat must be balanced to keep the body temperature equal.
  • Heat transfer is enabed by conduction, convection and radiation.
  • If the body temperature equals outside temperature, convection and radiative cooling is reduced
  • your body temperature rises till equilibrium is achieved