andrewwperkins on Nostr: I was talking to #[0] about this today, and I think I need to open the discussion up ...
I was talking to Derek Ross (npub18am…p424) about this today, and I think I need to open the discussion up to everyone.
I was on a Twitter Spaces today with some Tesla peeps, and one of the speakers said that (after mentioning that he had only researched this 18 months ago) ASICs "wear out more quickly" when used for load balancing because they "don't like being turned on and off". Not sure I buy this, as I turn mine off and on using a power switch all the time with no issues. Further, I would guess that miners balancing the grid aren't just "pulling the plug" but are curtailing using software. Have any of you heard of this, and do you buy this argument? What is the counterargument?
I was on a Twitter Spaces today with some Tesla peeps, and one of the speakers said that (after mentioning that he had only researched this 18 months ago) ASICs "wear out more quickly" when used for load balancing because they "don't like being turned on and off". Not sure I buy this, as I turn mine off and on using a power switch all the time with no issues. Further, I would guess that miners balancing the grid aren't just "pulling the plug" but are curtailing using software. Have any of you heard of this, and do you buy this argument? What is the counterargument?