Re:Illinois Hospital First to Shut Down After Ransomware Attack
by fluoridation on Friday June 16, 2023 @01:57PM
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>Cut it out. [...] Oh bullshit.
How about you dial it back a bit, eh?
>least because cryptocurrencies are impossible without computers which means by definition any value they offer is a subset of the value of computers.
Oh. In that case the energy waste, the scams, the ransomware, etc. are not harms arising from cryptocurrencies, but merely a special case of the harm arising from computers. I mean, I was keeping the two disconnected in favor of computers, but if you want to lump them together then by all means do so.
How about you dial it back a bit, eh?
>least because cryptocurrencies are impossible without computers which means by definition any value they offer is a subset of the value of computers.
Oh. In that case the energy waste, the scams, the ransomware, etc. are not harms arising from cryptocurrencies, but merely a special case of the harm arising from computers. I mean, I was keeping the two disconnected in favor of computers, but if you want to lump them together then by all means do so.