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You don't see any ethical difference between powering a hospital versus thousands of video cards to solve a useless puzzle? None? Not even a little tiny bit? W

You don't see any ethical difference between powering a hospital versus thousands of video cards to solve a useless puzzle? None? Not even a little tiny bit? What about the fact that those video cards use HUNDREDS of times more power than even a relatively busy hospital?

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notch656a 5y ago
I see the ethical issue as being externalities from the electricity, not the hospital or puzzle.
- timeon 5y ago
  But resources are not limitless.
  - notch656a 5y ago