‘Help me get through the winter,’ the Governor reportedly told crypto miners in the state

edit: Companion article ‘A deep freeze is coming to Texas, and no one knows if the power grid is ready’ - https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/a-deep-freeze-is-coming-to-texas-and-no-one-knows-if-the-power-grid-is-ready/

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an egg with a big crack in the middle?

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Crypto miners, renown for their sense of civic duty and willingness to sacrifice profit for the greater good…

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mr. texas: “cryptominers pls you’ll literally freeze to death if you don’t listen to the most libertarian governor in the most libertarian state that attracted all the tech libertarians plssssss”

cryptominers: :yea:

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Everyone in Texas should use their cryptomining rigs to heat their homes.

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That’s the plan :comfy-cool:

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I won’t freeze to death this room with all these 3090’s is hot as shit, in fact I’ll just open all these windows to help with cooling.

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