stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1467arrow-down1external-linkTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-text
To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squaretheuberwalrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoFor future reference, an order of magnitude is 10x.
minus-squarehappyhippo@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoMaybe user was referring to an Imperial order of magnitude 🤣
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·11 months agoIt can vary depending on context. It can mean another digit, but isn’t always in base 10.
For future reference, an order of magnitude is 10x.
Maybe user was referring to an Imperial order of magnitude 🤣
Interesting.
It can vary depending on context. It can mean another digit, but isn’t always in base 10.