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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by o-__-o on Saturday March 07, 2020 @11:05PM (#22516280)
And THIS is why crypto markets are dropping, because China is flooding the network with miners to meet energy quotas
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by emiliobumachar on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:38AM (#22517193)
IMO mining costs are dominated by chips, nobody has idle data centers on standby for such an occasion.
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by o-__-o on Sunday March 08, 2020 @11:42AM (#22518567)
You need to look up China mining operations. They pop up “data centers” anywhere there is free or cheap electricity. Sounds like a perfect operation for factories that must use electricity
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by yellowapple on Sunday March 08, 2020 @07:28AM (#22517514)
Just because a cost ain't a large share of the pie doesn't mean it ain't worth shaving anyway.
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