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Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

i wonder if it could actually make economic sense, instead of burning the electricity directly in some heat spiral.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    Move into a cold climate, and buy a house that has only electric heaters. Those were popular in the 70s, and nobody wants them now, so you can buy one with pocket change. Build a mining cluster in one bedroom and install air ducts to distribute the warm air throughout the rest of the house.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    yeah, that is nothing new, friend uses heat from small datacenter (i don't think that 20 racks constitutes datacenter, but i am not sure if there is better word 😀) he has in a basement of that building to contribute to its heating.

    i really mean if you could make bitcoin coffee-maker and if it could eventually pay for the price difference between normal and bitcoin one and how much coffee would you have to drink to make that work.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago*

    It’s doable, but you’ll need at least four heat pumps in series. Each one would bump up the temperature of the water, until you get 165 °C steam. The last few steps aren’t very efficient, but it’s still cheaper than using electrical heaters. Those heat pumps will take a fair bit of space and money. Oh, and those machines make as much noise as a big freezer. Other than that, it should be fine.

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