>Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C

Now that is some bold take.

PS. Journals are ridiculously expensive. I wonder what part of it goes to the authors.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0321-8

Oh got it
Bitcoin emissions alone could p…

@GNUxeava
> how much do authors make
basically nothing, why do you think they like sci-hub

@GNUxeava uni pays for profs to do science. then sacks the science men with having to beg for money for the uni. then science men do a science which they are then due to political moronics are expected to sell their science to the journal who stamps a price tag on it and sells it back to academia at a markup.

it's literally a scam.

@icedquinn @GNUxeava
Sounds like a private-funded university... I never went to one and don't plan to. It's main gain is status rather than intellectual.

@lucifargundam
Yeah i went to a private university for staus not to learn

Still paying for it. Didnt learn much while i was there too.
@icedquinn @GNUxeava

@dielan @icedquinn @GNUxeava
With the advent of things like #hackerspaces and companies slowly introducing employing people based on skill instead of merit, I hope the future will be more pleasant in such regards. I could be mistaken given my preferences, but I hope my judgement is adequately aligned.