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Environment & Energy

bucolic_frolic

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2. Totally at a loss for words

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2024, 03:54 PM

Mar 2024

I thought mining was similar to the router facilities that direct traffic on the internet. Or I thought mining involved hundreds of the latest fastest computers aided by auxiliary remote computers, some leased from private entities. That one could get that much noise in an age of quiet computer fans or fan-less computers is not understandable to me.

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Texas Energy Grid Deep State Witch Mar 2024 #1

Totally at a loss for words bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #2

exhausting heat from the servers is just the first step mike_c Mar 2024 #5

"The rumble ... comes from the massive cooling fans that the facility runs to keep their computers from overheating" Jim__ Mar 2024 #3

Don't feel TOO sorry for these people... ret5hd Mar 2024 #4