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Environment & Energy

Shermann

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4. At least with AI you get answers to possibly useful questions

Reply to Probatim (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 10:17 AM

Oct 2024

With cryptocurrency, the questions are arbitrary, and the answers are merely "proof of work" and not inherently useful. They could be folding simulated protein molecules instead, but where's the quick profit in that??

Bitcoin also has this wonderful process of "halving" where the return on investment halves every four years (approximately). So, you have to double those 300 megawatts to get the same amount of bitcoin. So that's fun.

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Constant Noise Pushes Granbury TX Residents To File Lawsuit Against Bitcoin Mine [View all] hatrack Oct 2024 OP

So their bitcoin mining is so loud. They can't hear the "noise" from the windmills Walleye Oct 2024 #1

300 megawatts to solve arbitrary puzzles. Shermann Oct 2024 #2

Constellation Energy is restarting a reactor at Three Mile Island for Microsoft and its AI. Probatim Oct 2024 #3

At least with AI you get answers to possibly useful questions Shermann Oct 2024 #4