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canetoad

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9. It's obscene, Cel

Reply to Celerity (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 19, 2025, 04:31 PM

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The amount of energy that's needed to support bitcoin mining and AI just cannot be justified by these figures. Much like Musk's trillion dollar pay packet.

The revolution will come and it will be bloody - if enough people can look up from their phones.

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