• frezik
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    1 day ago

    Large power consumption only happens because someone is willing to dump lots of capital into it so they can own it.

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      1 day ago

      Oh you’re right, let me just tally up all the days where that isn’t the case…

      carry the 2…

      don’t forget weekends and holidays…

      Oh! It’s every single day. It’s just an always and forever problem. Neat.

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        It’s nothing of the sort. If nobody had the capital to scale it through more power, then the research would be more focused on making it efficient.