• epicstove@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Doesn’t that require a load of computer power? My computer could start a house fire opening a PDF.

        • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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          7 hours ago

          I’ve always been sketchy about the energy requirements argument. It’s not like artists don’t take a lot of energy to create their work. If you hire someone to spend all day making a painting for you, you’re may be talking a day’s worth of first world-level energy consumption.

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            6 hours ago

            Sure but that person doesn’t stop existing if you don’t hire them. A GPU would otherwise consume no energy.

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        Depends on your hardware (such as your graphics card). But it’s definitely possible and a lot of people do it.