Technology

Technically there is federal mandate to regulate noise, which stems from the 1972 Noise Control Act—but it was essentially de-funded during the Reagan administration.

the very idea of regulation runs contrary to many Texans’ political beliefs. “As constitutional conservatives, they have taken our core values and used that against us,”

Funny how those are the same "core values", that have been part of Bitcoin from the beginning... but I bet these people will keep shifting blame, just so they can avoid admitting there might be something wrong with their values.

As Bitcoin continues to gain value, miners are building progressively bigger operations, causing gas plants and other fossil fuel emitters to spring back into action.

Curiously, miners don't "need" to do any of that... but greed trumps all.

Bitcoin mining is the ultimate death-ray, focusing on places with the worst social protections, and it can only be stopped through social growth. History will remember it as the great teacher and destructor of vile social structures.

“This whole thing is an eye opener for me into profit over people,” Weeks says in a phone call from the ICU.

“God will provide, though. He always sees us through.”

The parallelism with the memetic power of sacred texts is just too strong. 🫠