Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em...
by walrus01 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @01:42AM
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> much more than I want the ice caps to melt so some ancaps can play multiplayer excel.
brings to mind something I saw recently: "What is bitcoin? Well, it's like if you left your car idling 24x7 it would produce solved sudokus you can trade for black tar heroin"
Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em...
by tempay on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:17AM
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> no wasted power
Electric heating can be much more efficient than what's effectively resistive heating with 500%+ efficiencies being possible.
Search for "heat pumps" or watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto
Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em...
by arcticbull on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:32AM
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Someone else mentioned heat pumps to me in this context too, I'm unfortunately really limited in what I can use in my apartment. It's a condo complex made of brick put up in 1906 - without heating or air conditioning. I'm not in a position to install external hardware. My parents have a heat pump set-up in their house though!
Watched the video by the way, thanks!
Oh let's not make sweeping statements haha, I want to play video games much more than I want the ice caps to melt so some ancaps can play multiplayer excel. I'm not usually onboard with vendor restrictions like these, but if the card self-destructed Inspector Gadget style when it detected crypto mining, I'd be okay with that.
And I say that as someone who has turned off their in-wall space heater and replaced it with a 3090 mining ETH when idle. No e-waste, no wasted power, (in this case) just a heater that pays you back.