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Re:Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate r... by rspeer on Sunday September 17, 2017 @04:44AM (#15268789)
> In that case, mining cryptocurrency may be the highest value thing you can do with it.

Wow, how convenient that the thing you like is the single "highest value thing" that anyone can do with energy.

You are in a filter bubble of people patting each other on the back for wasting energy. You've been rewarded for cryptocurrency speculation for so long that you've forgotten what productive work is.

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Re:Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate r... by rwallace on Sunday September 17, 2017 @05:51AM (#15268920)
As it happens, this guess is incorrect. I've never been involved in cryptocurrency other than as a curious spectator. I have no strong feelings about it one way or the other.

Do you agree with the general principle that when the heuristics you are using, generate erroneous conclusions, it's a good idea to re-evaluate those heuristics?

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