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A screenshot of a game of Minecraft, showing what appears to be the inside of an apartment designed entirely with Minecraft bricks. In the top left corner, there is white text overlaid on the screen. It reads — “CPU: 58 degrees celsius. Power draw: 8.28416W. Solar: 3.04.V, 00A, 0.0W. Battery: 12.93V, 67%. Battery charging.: 0.0A, 0.0W. Overall battery current: 0.0A”

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A screenshot of a game of Minecraft, showing what appears to be the inside of an apartment designed entirely with Minecraft bricks. In the top left corner, there is white text overlaid on the screen. It reads — “CPU: 58 degrees celsius. Power draw: 8.28416W. Solar: 3.04.V, 00A, 0.0W. Battery: 12.93V, 67%. Battery charging.: 0.0A, 0.0W. Overall battery current: 0.0A”
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Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 02:41:37 JST Clive Thompson

Some Concordia University professors set up a Minecraft server, and powered it with solar panels and a battery ...
... then added GUI text that shows players data on the energy ecosystem: Battery level, solar panel output, and how much energy the server is requiring at any given instant
fascinating psychological effects ensue ...
... as the players begin to notice how different actions they take inside the game use different levels of energy
Item #8 in my Linkfest: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-27-aztec-death-whistles-supercircular/

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