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Between this and "Israel" using AI to carpet bomb people we really are speed running cyberpunk-dystopia aren't we
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Can't keep libraries open on Sundays. But cool, we can build massive jails.
Actually, the jail will save money, because we're going to use it to generate bitcoins.
Okay. So we have a thousand inmates, and let’s say we can keep them moderately physically active half the time (may need to swap out inmates as they die of exhaustion). Obviously they will be producing value with their slave labor but that is irrelevant. So that’s
1000x200=200,000W or 200kW
200x24=4800kWh produced per day
I’m finding varying data on the kWh needed to mine a Bitcoin, but it seems like 250,000 is semi accurate.
4800/250,000=0.0192
So we are getting 0.0192 Bitcoin per day (BTC/d), which means with the proper equipment hooked up to these prisoners we can generate about $1300 worth per day. Obviously this value will fluctuate, but if we time our sales correctly we can make it worth even more.
hold on how are you harvesting this waste heat, do you have these prisoners strapped to Peltier pumps or what?
the next step in capitalist dystopia: riding a generator stationary bike while you are making license plates or something with your upper half
Uh sure, yeah a Peltier pump, I definitely know how those work!
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You just take the people who would be served by the libraries—especially poor and homeless people—and you "serve" them with the jail instead. Problem Solved™.