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by danuker 4y ago
Looks like the quotes were stripped on HN.
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by danuker 4y ago
Remains to be seen what happens. It depends on how pollution goes after.
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by danuker 4y ago
A few hours? If you get hooked, those will become negligible. Beware.
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by danuker 4y ago
Indeed. Something wihout security impact will use pointless resources when you update. Do it rarely (or never if possible).
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by danuker 4y ago
Stranded as in each wire being made up of smaller wires. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire#Stranded These are typical in pre-capped wires. While they allow more flexibility of the wire, their ends are hard (if not imp
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by danuker 4y ago
Too bad industries of this size need insane amounts of capital to stay competitive.
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by danuker 4y ago
This report is the outcome of thousands of scientists collaborating. What it predicts for developing countries is disaster, which we already see. More droughts in the summer combined with floods in spring/autumn. This leads to food ins
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by danuker 4y ago
I agree with cutting negative effects. But I disagree with the unfairness against cryptocurrency. Tax or ban emissions universally, instead.
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by danuker 4y ago
Nuclear has immense capital costs. Considering the exponential drop in solar/wind installation costs in the past few decades, it might turn out a bad investment.
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by danuker 4y ago
AUTOMATIC1111's web UI, with the models among dependencies. https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/wiki...
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by danuker 4y ago
Ah well, here I argue that CFCs, same as carbon emissions, should be regulated. But it should be fair across all industries. My hypothesis is: special laws betray special interest - here, Big Oil still wants most of the world to pollute, bu
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by danuker 4y ago
Hope it's not susceptible to some yet-undiscovered Sybil attack or network split bug.
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by danuker 4y ago
A fair minimum tax is one that ensures we stay below catastrophic per-capita emissions, as estimated by the IPCC, created exactly for understanding climate change. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_o
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by danuker 4y ago
A fair solution would be to tax pollution, without exceptions. The specificity of this law exposes the corrupt interests that have captured the politicians (i.e. Big Oil).
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by danuker 4y ago
> that are running power plants that would otherwise not run No, it says "that are operated through electric generating facilities that use a carbon-based fuel". How is using the grid not banned? Does grid energy not use carbon
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by danuker 4y ago
> A carbon tax scheme aimed directly at cryptocurrency Why not a carbon tax scheme for everyone, period? This is what I'm asking. Why is cryptocurrency mining banned, while other "profiteers" (oil companies, gas-electric c
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by danuker 4y ago
I agree with you here. Which is why I use Bitcoin Cash instead. But I believe people should be free to waste/risk their money in general.
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by danuker 4y ago
I did. It does not answer my question. Why not ban or penalize the cause of the pollution, rather than a customer of the power company?
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by danuker 4y ago
I got what you meant. But apparently people agree with the >$600k/hour costs [1] it takes to process Bitcoin transactions. This cost is taken from the Bitcoin price (via miners selling) and from transaction fees. Therefore, they mus
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by danuker 4y ago
Well then ban it under a gambling argument, not an environmental one.
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by danuker 4y ago
The users and buyers of cryptocurrency sponsor that spending, and find it worthwhile. Who is the government to say otherwise?
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by danuker 4y ago
Well then, is the Governor acting on behalf of the Federal Reserve? Why is this reason not mentioned, and instead, environmental issues are raised?
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by danuker 4y ago
The "zero-sum" game is sponsored through buying/holding and transaction fees of cryptocurrency. People see value in it, in spite of its costs.
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by danuker 4y ago
Cryptocurrency mining does not cause global warming. Burning fossil fuel does. Why not ban fossil fuel burning, if the concern is pollution? How are all other industries exempt?
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by danuker 4y ago
It is my favorite apple. Tart but also sweet. I don't know why this one is missing, yet there are dozens of varieties I've never heard of.
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by danuker 4y ago
Sending a message, driving up their costs and delaying them slightly.
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by danuker 4y ago
To me, search.marginalia.nu returns the best kind of website: hardware-resource-light and information-dense.
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by danuker 4y ago
> I was powerless to stop it. You could have found a new job, driving up their costs or delaying them slightly.
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by danuker 4y ago
What were the vulnerable groups? But it's ok if you don't want to answer.
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by danuker 4y ago
These are called Sybil attacks.

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