BlameThePeacock

On one hand, you're right.

On the other hand, you're missing the point.

Jobs aren't the the goal of life. People need to remember that. Our current system of distributing resources is broken if we don't have enough jobs, but we could change the system rather than forcing everyone to work when it's not needed.

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On your phone (iPhone and Android) there are options to set an Emergency contact. This contact shows up on the lock screen of the phone including their phone numbers, and at least on my android device those number(s) can even be called without unlocking the device. I have my wife and father.

This can be really helpful for first responders if you're involved in an accident or have a medical episode that leaves you unconscious, or even if you're just seriously hurt and you can't call someone yourself easily.

That does not apply to humans who are capable of intentionally avoiding certain breeding problems, and also who have medical knowledge that can apply even if it does happen.

Hockey, started in my late thirties, couldn't even stop at the time.

Great exercise.

What do you need to purchase? Gear.

For bitcoin, the price of electricity directly impacts your profitability. You actually turn the miners off at a certain price point because they will lose you money. There's no customer to pass it on to.

For AI, the companies are not profitable right now anyways, price for electricity will absolutely impact usage rates.

Besides, when we're talking about grid collapse you're referring to things like extreme weather events, you don't need a ban to just turn off an AI datacenter for three days during a massive winter storm or heat dome.

British Columbia, $0.12 canadian dollars for Tier1 rates

The simple answer is most desktop PCs will not come even close to that at idle. Even just having a few case fans may draw more than that, without involving the CPU at all.

Laptop devices can do that in some cases with their extra power management features.

That being said, do the math to see if it matters. The difference between 10w and 40w is 0.7kwh per day, at least where I live that's about 7 cents or about $25 per year.

In my case it would be more expensive to purchase a dedicated low power device than it will save me in 4-5 years compared to just using something I already have laying around.

In terms of time investments, working out may be one possible consideration.

3 meals away from riots.

Profit selling electricity?

I don't care about the bitcoin, but if other people want to give us a large amount of money for electricity then we can just build more capacity with the profit and reduce the price for everyone else.

Higher prices limit purchasing, that's just standard economics.

If the grid is at risk of collapse, they just jack up the price such that everyone stops using it for those purposes.

The grid isn't anywhere near risk of collapse though.

Social expectations and cultural norms.