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EasternMotors t1_j9vsu8u wrote

Reply to comment by HarryHacker42 in Massachusetts man charged after hiding cryptocurrency mining rig in school crawl space by MajesticOuting

Investigators said the mining equipment was in use from April 28 to Dec. 14, 2021 and cost $17,492.57 in electricity, according to a police report.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/24/metro/man-accused-running-crypto-mine-out-cohasset-school-appears-quincy-court-arrest-warrant-canceled/

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HarryHacker42 t1_j9vwbnk wrote

More than a half billion in cocaine turned into 0.3 billion in cocaine. Doing a sanity check on article numbers is not crazy.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/almost-half-a-billion-dollars-of-australia-bound-cocaine-found-floating-in-pacific-20230208-p5ciw4.html

https://www.foxnews.com/world/more-than-300m-worth-cocaine-found-floating-pacific-ocean

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Possible-Novel9334 t1_j9wbwfy wrote

First report is from SMH in Australia and used local currency, second from Faux news in USA and also used local currency.

Exchange rate currently 1 AUD = 0.67 USD so the "almost half a billion" AUD in the first article equals the "more than 300 million" USD in the second.

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