That sucks.

>Also the child is under age, so terms of service do not legally apply.

Because they're supposed to be under parental supervision.

Maybe they should rename it "Clippy."

>wtf?

Really. The proper comparison is the Library of Congress carrying the New York Public library.

>My initial instinct was to scold you for "WTF is a clinical associate professor?" as thats a term that makes perfect sense for a teaching hospital

"School of Business". They're obviously way outside their bailiwick. Probably a failed MBA. Mencken: "Those who can -- do. Those who can't -- teach."

>the mining difficulty automatically adjusting itself in response to changes in total network hashrate.

I thought the difficulty increased monotonically. If the number of miners went down, would it really be easier to mine?

>all portable electric space heaters generally put out the same 1,500w

It really doesn't matter what they put out, all resistive heaters are 100% efficient (any inefficiency would result in heat anyway).

Are people buying new miners? Where does new Bitcoin come from - already amortized ones? Still, if that's what you have, it's better the heat from them than from a resistive element.

I don't see where marketing heat from a miner is any worse than the "Amish space heaters" which sell for $500 and make invalid claims about having better efficiency than a $40 milk house heater.

Whoosh. They were comparing mining to space heaters, not heat pumps, which I readily admit are a more efficient source of electric heat. And if mining rigs didn't pay for themselves (where do you think new Bitcoin comes from?), no one would buy them (except other idiot "clinical associate professors").

>Derek Mohr, clinical associate professor at the University of Rochester Simon School of Business, ... "The bitcoin heat devices I have seen appear to be simple space heaters that use your own electricity to heat the room..."

WTF is a "clinical associate professor?" Another term for an idiot? If you heat with electricity, running a mining rig makes perfect sense, any energy used ends up as heat. Better to have a Bitcoin mining rig generating it than a nichrome wire.

>Neutrons do not have polarity.

Don't deny their right to self-identify.

I'd rather no Disney and they lower the price $20/month. Make all the Disney channels add-ons.

>World's First Flying Car Factory...

Thelma & Louise might disagree.

>On the other hand, it's entirely possible that my sentiments are not widely shared and they'll make money off of this.

How can they not make money off it? They can have a hundred of them in inventory for each one sold, and they'd still make a profit.

Oh, they'll succeed in building AI. Problem is, it's Artificial Idiocy, not Artificial Intelligence.

I just asked ChatGPT "Is AI creating a market bubble? yes or no", it responded:

It's not a clear-cut yes or no answer, but if I had to choose based on the current market trends and speculative investment behavior, I'd lean toward "yes, there are bubble-like conditions," but not necessarily a full-blown bubble yet.