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GatorStan's avatar

I live in a sleepy little Texas town not far from the DFW metroplex. We have a power plant nearby with a Bitcoin operation adjacent to it. (I’ll ignore the wasting of a critical resource to “create” imaginary money for another conversation.) The problem is the noise from the fans at the Bitcoin site can be heard for miles. People who paid hundreds of thousands/millions of dollars for a house cannot sit outside without the din from thousands of little fans disturbing the peace. It’s cra-cra.

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Ronnie Schreiber's avatar

They should build the server farms underground, where it's a constant 58 degrees to save on the cost of keeping things cool.

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GatorStan's avatar

Yes. Server farms in sunbelt states are nuts. I guess the labor and utility costs are so much lower that it overcomes the A/C bills. Burning dead dinosaurs to create fairy money. Asimov couldn’t have made this stuff up.

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Erik's avatar

Great read, Ronnie!

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-Nate's avatar

I'm still waiting for my personal Jet pack, flying car and Wrist Gee-Nee...........

-Nate

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