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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by xtian on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:13PM (#26189609)
Do you apply the same level of concern to the US military? It produces a lot more CO2 emissions than Bitcoin. I don’t think it produces more benefits for normal people either.
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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by patmcc on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:21PM (#26189677)
Both the US military and bitcoin can be hugely wasteful, it's not xor.
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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by reissbaker on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:56PM (#26189933)
Visa seems like a better comparison than the US military when talking about digital money.
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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by 29athrowaway on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:34PM (#26189782)
They do help. The national guard is deployed during natural disasters, the coast guard does a lot of useful work.
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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by TechnoTimeStop on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:33PM (#26189774)
What is this? Hacker news or china propaganda?
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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by neoromantique on Friday February 19, 2021 @06:17AM (#26191879)
s/us military/Chinese military/g

Happy?

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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by Doji on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:54PM (#26189918)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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