Ransomware Hackers Demands Nvidia Lite Lift Hash Rate Restriction
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mbk1969
Old ones were 5x, new ones are bit higher.
Different sources give different mapping:
https://ledhut.co.uk/blogs/news/led-equivalent-wattages-against-traditional-lighting
https://www.viribright.com/lumen-output-comparing-led-vs-cfl-vs-incandescent-wattage/
https://learn.eartheasy.com/guides/led-light-bulbs-comparison-charts/
Mufflore
Thats pretty neat, though I'm not sure I believe the numbers as written.
Reddoguk
I meant LED sorry. I know they are meant to last a long time and you could just do one at a time if you're broke but for someone on the so called breadline wage it can be an issue.
The UK government used to give out free energy saving bulbs to the poorest amongst us but they weren't LEDs. I think a lot of households got like 3 free bulbs. I know my Ex used to get them when she wasn't working but not sure if it was just local councils or not.
I read this in the some paper -"The government wants LED light bulbs to account for 85% of all bulbs sold by 2030. At the moment they only account for two thirds. Fluorescent and Halogen lights will also be banned from sale in the UK, although this will not take effect until 1 September 2023".
CPC_RedDawn
Pretty much this.
Nvidia already has some seriously smart people working for them, probably wouldn't take long to plug the holes they have compromised and maybe even track some of the people down. Then its bye bye to jail for them.
Or Nvidia could just offer a reward for any information about the group or individuals involved.... wouldn't take much to get one of these hackers to come forward and rat on the others for a quick payday.
Babel-17
The hackers are threatening to release drivers that never cause a CTD or glitches, and which boost performance on all nVidia cards to the point that users won't want to update for years.
Lol
fry178
Mining by itself isnt an issue, lots of ways to offset power use/emissions.
Guess the leather jacket should have spend some money securing equipment, instead of his kitchen 😀
nicugoalkeper
I see 2 problems here (the second may be a real problem is true):
1. First is that you can't say you are helping gamers when you open HR rate to all cards, and we all know prices and availability of GPUs became a problem because of the miners. So in fact they are against gamers.
2. If and I say IF, those hacker are in fact working for Nvidia. Let us put it this way: Nvidia wants to make more money, and let us be serios, selling to miners is the way to go. But Nvidia does not want to lose the gaming comunity (no knowing the direction mining will go). So the will say we are putting GPU's on the market that are not good for mining but are for gaming. But at the same time they have a hacker comunity that works for them, and those help make the cards work for mining. And so all the blame will pass to the hacker and Nvidia will say we are doing everything we can to stop this. (Yes I know conspiracy theory but hey all is possible for money)
LesserHellspawn
Sometimes I just wish this world and humanity would go to hell already, it would be well deserved.
Dragam1337
Clearly a typo on their part...
Seriously though, if i didn't hate miners already...
Dragam1337
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Yes it is.
Answer me this one thing : what does mining contribute with to the world? The answer is NOTHING. Aside of filling your pocket with a made up currency, and in the process of doing so wasting a huge amount of power, and also materials for hardware.
asturur
All my led bulbs die so often 🙁 in 2 different apartments.
asturur
But hacking is still a crime right? and this is hacking + exstorsion.
What do they want to accomplish? this is just unjustified crime. Isn't it?
There is no real social or justice stuff behind this action, is purely extorsion for money.
Dragam1337
Yes, greedy ***** such as yourself are willing use and exploit it to the fullest.
Crypto isn't benefitting the world as a whole in any possible way - the only people who would ever make that argument are scummy miners... and no, crypto isn't creating any jobs - not any legal ones anyways...
But lol i love your argument about how it funds gpu manufacturers... yes, miners have caused the gpu prices to bloat to unimaginable levels... thanks for that contribution!
Horus-Anhur
BWT, here is an example of the ethics and moral of crypto bros. Or lack thereof.
Major crypto exchanges refuse to freeze all Russian user accounts
mbk1969
@Horus-Anhur
I am curious to know your opinion: what blind total blocking of account linked to Russian citizens will accomplish?
Airbud
are you really that stupid to ask that question?
you do realize what your country is doing right now?
Horus-Anhur
The same thing that all the other sanctions are doing.
Crypto in this case is becoming an escape route for Russia.
tunejunky
i really don't want to wade into politics so i will just tick off a few points of interest.
while some ordinary people mine coin in Russia, they are the exception. the high cost of mining and the "free money" that comes from burning petrochemicals for electricity to mine means that the oligarchs are the biggest miners with employees that do the actual IT work. so look at the bully boys from Rosneft etc...
and because of the endemic corruption and bad pay many public employees mine on the dime of their job, but their numbers are few compared to the guys who own football clubs. they have entire buildings just for mining.
so if any financial sanctions are to work the loopholes must be closed. and there is no bigger loophole than blockchain.
itpro
mbk1969
That`s only the case if people in official banks do the crypto. Somehow I doubt their thought capabilities.
