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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by consteval on Thursday March 13, 2025 @09:32AM (#43353165)
They did, with crypto. The environmental cost of, like, a website is minuscule in comparison.
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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by brulard on Thursday March 13, 2025 @03:50PM (#43356647)
Yes, and they found ways to avoid 99.99% of power consumptions by moving away from proof of work, which most of the blockchains use today. But the hate remained.
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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by consteval on Thursday March 13, 2025 @04:20PM (#43356888)
Well the hate is now mostly because it’s used as a speculative security to run scams.
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