morlockelloi on Sun, 6 Dec 2015 17:49:43 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> de Jong, Lovink, and Riemens: 10 Bitcoin |
[2/x This message should not go out to the nettime-l list, but if it does we apologize. We're troubleshooting an issue that affects morlock's outgoing emails. -- mod (tb)]This concern also applies to other lowly workers in data mining industries (which is really the only thing going on in data centers today.)
Colocations (one 'l') are cold, noisy, often locked down to the point where one needs an escort to go pee, there are surveillance cameras all around the place, you are lucky if you can find a broken chair, and there are no girls.
On 11/30/15, 13:09, John Hopkins wrote:
This info from the morlock & elloi and the previous poster raised the question in my mind -- a question that is *not* facetious -- of the conditions that Bitcoin miners are working under.
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