A Bitcoin mine moved to a small town in Texas. One by one, the residents fell ill.
    • Schmuppes@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
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      2 years ago

      90 decibels is about as loud as a truck driving past or a (legal, not stupid noisy) motorcycle from 4-5 metres away at 70% rpm.

      If they’re more than 500 metres away this would be a slight annoyance at worst.

      Yeah, but a motorcycle won’t drive past you non-stop and 24/7.

        • self@awful.systemsEnglish
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          2 years ago

          People have lived with noise pollution before.

          “thanks” for your contribution

        • V0ldek@awful.systemsEnglish
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          2 years ago

          “People have lived with water pollution before”, he says, dumping a truckload of depleted uranium into the swimming pool.

        • Schmuppes@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Prolonged exposure to noise pollution is an unproven health risk? Yeah right.

    • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It’s not a conventional data center. It’s a bunch of containers containing mining hardware with giant fans blowing through them. This is obvious from the header image of the article.