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Scavenging e-waste for components feels so cyberpunk. Sometime someone designed an IC, lithographed it on a high tech factory, soldered it onto a PCB and now i
by wruza 2y ago
Scavenging e-waste for components feels so cyberpunk.
Sometime someone designed an IC, lithographed it on a high tech factory, soldered it onto a PCB and now it lies under your feet like billions of other rusty sharp parts, as if they were potato skins or plastic bags.
Just a few decades ago nations would start WW3 over this alien technology dump. Now they try find cheaper ways to sneak more waste into it.
- ta988 2y agoWe did war over energy, now we burn energy just to find out who can burn the most and give them a token (bitcoin) or get neighbors to fight each other on which can get the biggest SUV or sports car that guzzles like 2 or more optimized cars.
- DJBunnies 2y agoOk I’ll bite, higher hashrate (bitcoin) means it’s more secure from attacks. So it’s not being burned, it has a purpose here.