Photos: Life inside of China’s massive and remote bitcoin mines

The very 21st century dystopia is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.

Think about it for a moment… We build buildings, stack it full of powerful computers, feed them tons of energy, send men to work there – all to get them make them solve essentially meaningless equations that contribute nothing to anyone’s well being whatsoever, neither is it art, nor is it to deepen anyone’s knowledge – and that somehow this is worth lots of money.

Photos: Life inside of China’s massive and remote bitcoin mines

Why why why I drank that wine last night? It seemed like a good idea at the time and I tried to be optimistic. It is another 4am wakeup – it will never change!
I am walking with eyes half closed and a brain in low power mode. There is a conference call in four hours, at the time most people consider early morning. I’ll have to be ON then somehow.
Thinking of tonight’s coop shift till midnight and especially tomorrow morning when I will also have to go to work after another 4 am wakeup is filling me with dread