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It is a totally specious argument that has zero merit. It reminds me of the disgusting and flagrantly ridiculous thread from Stephen Diehl that was on HN recen
by mlthoughts2018 6y ago
It is a totally specious argument that has zero merit.
It reminds me of the disgusting and flagrantly ridiculous thread from Stephen Diehl that was on HN recently, more comments here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25815162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25815162
- AWildC182 6y agohttps://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption The amount of energy used by bitcoin is many zeros larger than any of the examples listed and is used by a group of people many zeros smaller than any of the demographics mentioned. This is a pretty easy case to argue objectively, particularly because there are alternatives to proof of work, but they aren't as sexy as running a server farm full of FPGAs, GPUs, and ASICs.
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoIf you think that the absolute magnitude of energy use of any particular application (bitcoin, Pixar movies, cosmetic surgery, whatever) has any bearing on the discussion, then you have completely misunderstood all of it.