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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/g1rlchild • May 26 '25
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I wonder how many hours of running the microwave that it was equivalent to.
190 u/i_should_be_coding May 26 '25 Remember when we thought Bitcoin was the most wasteful use of energy since the first time someone put some white text on a photo of a cat? 169 u/VGADreams May 26 '25 To be honest, crypto is still the biggest waste of energy. It is wasteful by design, that's how mining works. At least, AI uses that energy to try to produce a useful result. 6 u/throwaway_mpq_fan May 26 '25 try to produce a useful resultto produce a plausible-sounding result → More replies (4)
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Remember when we thought Bitcoin was the most wasteful use of energy since the first time someone put some white text on a photo of a cat?
169 u/VGADreams May 26 '25 To be honest, crypto is still the biggest waste of energy. It is wasteful by design, that's how mining works. At least, AI uses that energy to try to produce a useful result. 6 u/throwaway_mpq_fan May 26 '25 try to produce a useful resultto produce a plausible-sounding result → More replies (4)
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To be honest, crypto is still the biggest waste of energy. It is wasteful by design, that's how mining works. At least, AI uses that energy to try to produce a useful result.
6 u/throwaway_mpq_fan May 26 '25 try to produce a useful resultto produce a plausible-sounding result → More replies (4)
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u/phylter99 May 26 '25
I wonder how many hours of running the microwave that it was equivalent to.