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LovingHippieCat ,

Breaking: Rich tech guy thinks that the energy draw from rich tech projects is nothing to worry about.

li10 ,

Ah, okay, thanks Bill 👍

AbidanYre , (edited )

640kW should be enough for anyone.

Cryan24 ,

I have to admit, this one took me a minute 🙂

IrateAnteater ,

Wait, is that a random number, or the actual scale of the power draw we're talking about?

'Cause that's fuck-all when we're talking about industrial level power draw.

AbidanYre ,

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1563853/the-640k-quote-won-t-go-away-but-did-gates-really-say-it.html

I originally had MW but changed it to be more in line with the supposed original quote.

blindbunny ,

Bill Gates shouldn't worry about people wanting to make a tent from his skin.

shortwavesurfer ,

Oh, gotcha. So crypto mining is bad, because he can't make money off of it. But AI is just fine, because he can make tons of money off of it. I understand now. Makes perfect sense.

Eldritch ,
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That should be enough to worry anybody.

Cryan24 ,

From the guy who said 640Kb is enough for anyone..

msage ,

He has a solution

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