So...

It's a tv show

I know this, it just really piqued my curiosity to think that in that scenario it would be the incorrect manner of approaching the problem

>why would you have a man in the loop in an application where money is involved

>Money
>Bitcoin

Kek

>audible alert set up for when the price of Bitcoin is profitable to mine.
Wouldn't it be better to set up alert for when the price of Bitcoin is profitable to SELL?

if it was fully automated, what are they going to show on tv? a terminal with text scrolling by? hardly any of the watchers will get it unless there's some intervention involved

It's called poor writing.

This makes zero sense.

You don't make money from mining unless you actually, randomly, generate a legitimate block with some currency in it.
You can turn your rig on and off as much as you want, but unless you actually mine a profitable block you haven't earnt anything.

Also,
>bitcoin being profitable to mine
HA!

It is a TV-series. That's what you are missing.

>Am I missing something?

yes, you are watching soy entertaiment