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Re:Bitcoin mining heats homes for free in Siberia [video] by wallace_f on Friday November 03, 2017 @12:46PM (#15620498)
>There's some ancillary energy use for blowing air around or shining lights or making sound waves

I believe this isn't really an exception, this energy would also just be converted to heat?

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Re:Bitcoin mining heats homes for free in Siberia [video] by wlesieutre on Friday November 03, 2017 @12:50PM (#15620538)
At some point, yes, but if the sound is audible outside your house or the light shines out the window then it didn't turn into heat where you wanted it to.

So not 100% of that sound or light will be an exception, but some of it might.

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Re:Bitcoin mining heats homes for free in Siberia [video] by dest on Friday November 03, 2017 @12:50PM (#15620534)
Agree.
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