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wallace_f on Nov 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin mining heats homes for free in Siberia [vi...

>There's some ancillary energy use for blowing air around or shining lights or making sound waves

I believe this isn't really an exception, this energy would also just be converted to heat?

wlesieutre on Nov 3, 2017 | [–]

At some point, yes, but if the sound is audible outside your house or the light shines out the window then it didn't turn into heat where you wanted it to.

So not 100% of that sound or light will be an exception, but some of it might.

dest on Nov 3, 2017 | [–]

Agree.

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