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[–] Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 178 points 8 months ago (20 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 20 child comments replies: [–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 67 points 8 months ago (18 children) I wish someone could quantify how much energy goes into this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 18 child comments replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 8 months ago (9 children) Approximately 15 energy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (6 children) Which, for those of you who aren't energy professionals, is actually a fair bit of energy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago (3 children) To give a comparison, this is the sort of energy you often see in stars, cars, or springs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) stars, cars, or springs. Sounds like the name of a weird gameshow 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, Match Their Energy! You've seen it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) How many joules? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ignot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago Dozens! permalink fedilink source parent [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I hate to be so American, but what is that in 3 month-old elephant seal pups? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago Not sure, but I can tell you it is exactly 226 SMUs. This is - as you're already well aware - standard mcunits. 1 SMU is one standard mcdonalds cheeseburger, 300 Cal or 348 Wh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago* (4 children) Any time someone brings up to me what a waste of power crypto is (and it is, I'm not denying that) I bring this up, and it's so fun to watch them all do this: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (3 children) Why would they get mad about dissing advertising along with crypto? (Maybe they think you're saying it to defend crypto using whataboutism?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) I think most people have genuinely never thought about it once in their life, just like how they never would have thought once about crypto's energy usage if the media hadn't told them to be angry about it. So they either get upset at the sudden realization that we're all being played by the rich or they get defensive because suddenly their world view is under attack. Same expression either way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) I always figured the angry npc wojak meme implied they were mad at you for making a good point that they didn't like, but if you're using it to say they just became angry in general, fair enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) I mean, it is absolutely that on occasion. I may come off as doing a whataboutism, but I mean it more like "Absolutely, we should be angry at people and technologies whose energy use exponentially outweighs the societal benefits. Here's the world's biggest offender!" But they don't actually care about energy usage, they just hate crypto and have never thought critically about targeted advertisement; all they know is it's a part of capitalism which they love so their brain starts doing flips trying to find a way to make it defensible. It's like telling a 'wont somebody please think of the children' evangelical republican all the ways in which they directly support child abuse and abusers. "I agree with you, but do you?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago I wish someone would quantify how useful advertising really is for established brands and then they can stop it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 8 months ago Amazon sells power meters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Maybe >1M man hours per year? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago They don't really need to make or sell products, they just need to create the appearance of selling products to attract investment from billionaires. They've got all the money, why would they care about the small pittance of money everyone else has? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 67 points 8 months ago (18 children) I wish someone could quantify how much energy goes into this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 18 child comments replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 8 months ago (9 children) Approximately 15 energy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (6 children) Which, for those of you who aren't energy professionals, is actually a fair bit of energy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago (3 children) To give a comparison, this is the sort of energy you often see in stars, cars, or springs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) stars, cars, or springs. Sounds like the name of a weird gameshow 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, Match Their Energy! You've seen it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) How many joules? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ignot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago Dozens! permalink fedilink source parent [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I hate to be so American, but what is that in 3 month-old elephant seal pups? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago Not sure, but I can tell you it is exactly 226 SMUs. This is - as you're already well aware - standard mcunits. 1 SMU is one standard mcdonalds cheeseburger, 300 Cal or 348 Wh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago* (4 children) Any time someone brings up to me what a waste of power crypto is (and it is, I'm not denying that) I bring this up, and it's so fun to watch them all do this: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (3 children) Why would they get mad about dissing advertising along with crypto? (Maybe they think you're saying it to defend crypto using whataboutism?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) I think most people have genuinely never thought about it once in their life, just like how they never would have thought once about crypto's energy usage if the media hadn't told them to be angry about it. So they either get upset at the sudden realization that we're all being played by the rich or they get defensive because suddenly their world view is under attack. Same expression either way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) I always figured the angry npc wojak meme implied they were mad at you for making a good point that they didn't like, but if you're using it to say they just became angry in general, fair enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) I mean, it is absolutely that on occasion. I may come off as doing a whataboutism, but I mean it more like "Absolutely, we should be angry at people and technologies whose energy use exponentially outweighs the societal benefits. Here's the world's biggest offender!" But they don't actually care about energy usage, they just hate crypto and have never thought critically about targeted advertisement; all they know is it's a part of capitalism which they love so their brain starts doing flips trying to find a way to make it defensible. It's like telling a 'wont somebody please think of the children' evangelical republican all the ways in which they directly support child abuse and abusers. "I agree with you, but do you?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago I wish someone would quantify how useful advertising really is for established brands and then they can stop it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 8 months ago Amazon sells power meters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Maybe >1M man hours per year? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 8 months ago (9 children) Approximately 15 energy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (6 children) Which, for those of you who aren't energy professionals, is actually a fair bit of energy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago (3 children) To give a comparison, this is the sort of energy you often see in stars, cars, or springs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) stars, cars, or springs. Sounds like the name of a weird gameshow 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, Match Their Energy! You've seen it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) How many joules? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ignot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago Dozens! permalink fedilink source parent [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I hate to be so American, but what is that in 3 month-old elephant seal pups? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago Not sure, but I can tell you it is exactly 226 SMUs. This is - as you're already well aware - standard mcunits. 1 SMU is one standard mcdonalds cheeseburger, 300 Cal or 348 Wh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (6 children) Which, for those of you who aren't energy professionals, is actually a fair bit of energy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago (3 children) To give a comparison, this is the sort of energy you often see in stars, cars, or springs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) stars, cars, or springs. Sounds like the name of a weird gameshow 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, Match Their Energy! You've seen it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) How many joules? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ignot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago Dozens! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago (3 children) To give a comparison, this is the sort of energy you often see in stars, cars, or springs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) stars, cars, or springs. Sounds like the name of a weird gameshow 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, Match Their Energy! You've seen it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) stars, cars, or springs. Sounds like the name of a weird gameshow 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, Match Their Energy! You've seen it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, Match Their Energy! You've seen it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago Nope, but it sounds genuinely intriguing 😁 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) How many joules? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ignot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago Dozens! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I hate to be so American, but what is that in 3 month-old elephant seal pups? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago Not sure, but I can tell you it is exactly 226 SMUs. This is - as you're already well aware - standard mcunits. 1 SMU is one standard mcdonalds cheeseburger, 300 Cal or 348 Wh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago Not sure, but I can tell you it is exactly 226 SMUs. This is - as you're already well aware - standard mcunits. 1 SMU is one standard mcdonalds cheeseburger, 300 Cal or 348 Wh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago* (4 children) Any time someone brings up to me what a waste of power crypto is (and it is, I'm not denying that) I bring this up, and it's so fun to watch them all do this: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (3 children) Why would they get mad about dissing advertising along with crypto? (Maybe they think you're saying it to defend crypto using whataboutism?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) I think most people have genuinely never thought about it once in their life, just like how they never would have thought once about crypto's energy usage if the media hadn't told them to be angry about it. So they either get upset at the sudden realization that we're all being played by the rich or they get defensive because suddenly their world view is under attack. Same expression either way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) I always figured the angry npc wojak meme implied they were mad at you for making a good point that they didn't like, but if you're using it to say they just became angry in general, fair enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) I mean, it is absolutely that on occasion. I may come off as doing a whataboutism, but I mean it more like "Absolutely, we should be angry at people and technologies whose energy use exponentially outweighs the societal benefits. Here's the world's biggest offender!" But they don't actually care about energy usage, they just hate crypto and have never thought critically about targeted advertisement; all they know is it's a part of capitalism which they love so their brain starts doing flips trying to find a way to make it defensible. It's like telling a 'wont somebody please think of the children' evangelical republican all the ways in which they directly support child abuse and abusers. "I agree with you, but do you?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (3 children) Why would they get mad about dissing advertising along with crypto? (Maybe they think you're saying it to defend crypto using whataboutism?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) I think most people have genuinely never thought about it once in their life, just like how they never would have thought once about crypto's energy usage if the media hadn't told them to be angry about it. So they either get upset at the sudden realization that we're all being played by the rich or they get defensive because suddenly their world view is under attack. Same expression either way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) I always figured the angry npc wojak meme implied they were mad at you for making a good point that they didn't like, but if you're using it to say they just became angry in general, fair enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) I mean, it is absolutely that on occasion. I may come off as doing a whataboutism, but I mean it more like "Absolutely, we should be angry at people and technologies whose energy use exponentially outweighs the societal benefits. Here's the world's biggest offender!" But they don't actually care about energy usage, they just hate crypto and have never thought critically about targeted advertisement; all they know is it's a part of capitalism which they love so their brain starts doing flips trying to find a way to make it defensible. It's like telling a 'wont somebody please think of the children' evangelical republican all the ways in which they directly support child abuse and abusers. "I agree with you, but do you?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) I think most people have genuinely never thought about it once in their life, just like how they never would have thought once about crypto's energy usage if the media hadn't told them to be angry about it. So they either get upset at the sudden realization that we're all being played by the rich or they get defensive because suddenly their world view is under attack. Same expression either way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) I always figured the angry npc wojak meme implied they were mad at you for making a good point that they didn't like, but if you're using it to say they just became angry in general, fair enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) I mean, it is absolutely that on occasion. I may come off as doing a whataboutism, but I mean it more like "Absolutely, we should be angry at people and technologies whose energy use exponentially outweighs the societal benefits. Here's the world's biggest offender!" But they don't actually care about energy usage, they just hate crypto and have never thought critically about targeted advertisement; all they know is it's a part of capitalism which they love so their brain starts doing flips trying to find a way to make it defensible. It's like telling a 'wont somebody please think of the children' evangelical republican all the ways in which they directly support child abuse and abusers. "I agree with you, but do you?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) I always figured the angry npc wojak meme implied they were mad at you for making a good point that they didn't like, but if you're using it to say they just became angry in general, fair enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) I mean, it is absolutely that on occasion. I may come off as doing a whataboutism, but I mean it more like "Absolutely, we should be angry at people and technologies whose energy use exponentially outweighs the societal benefits. Here's the world's biggest offender!" But they don't actually care about energy usage, they just hate crypto and have never thought critically about targeted advertisement; all they know is it's a part of capitalism which they love so their brain starts doing flips trying to find a way to make it defensible. It's like telling a 'wont somebody please think of the children' evangelical republican all the ways in which they directly support child abuse and abusers. "I agree with you, but do you?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) I mean, it is absolutely that on occasion. I may come off as doing a whataboutism, but I mean it more like "Absolutely, we should be angry at people and technologies whose energy use exponentially outweighs the societal benefits. Here's the world's biggest offender!" But they don't actually care about energy usage, they just hate crypto and have never thought critically about targeted advertisement; all they know is it's a part of capitalism which they love so their brain starts doing flips trying to find a way to make it defensible. It's like telling a 'wont somebody please think of the children' evangelical republican all the ways in which they directly support child abuse and abusers. "I agree with you, but do you?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago I wish someone would quantify how useful advertising really is for established brands and then they can stop it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 8 months ago Amazon sells power meters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Maybe >1M man hours per year? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago They don't really need to make or sell products, they just need to create the appearance of selling products to attract investment from billionaires. They've got all the money, why would they care about the small pittance of money everyone else has? permalink fedilink source parent