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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by yellowapple on Monday January 03, 2022 @01:33AM (#29778001)
> I, for one, need many thing from basic food to nice music, but energy on its own in not in that list.

Energy is a dependency of both of the things you listed - and an abundance of energy makes those things more accessible to more people, yourself and myself included.

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by rixed on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @02:27AM (#29792309)
It's also a dependency of everything detrimental. My point was: it's not central in itself, but is framed to appear so because of ideology.
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