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Very cool: with capable CUDA device in a car, one should be able to mine some crypto coins with it! With some luck the car should be able to pay for itself! Al

by tener 10y ago

Very cool: with capable CUDA device in a car, one should be able to mine some crypto coins with it! With some luck the car should be able to pay for itself! Alternatively, having in mind Elon's creative approach to finances, Tesla could get some significant hashing power with its fleet! Edit: looking at the downvote I suppose the joke wasn't obvious?

Retric 10y ago
In the 9years I have been on HN I have up voted 3 really good jokes and downvoted thousands of so so ones. Before you post a joke think is it that good. Because, jokes are like spam on message boards they add clutter without aiding the discussion.
- tener 10y ago
  Wow, really? I just don't see how this is a spam. They definitely add some value, unlike some other stuff out there.
  - ilaksh 10y ago
    I thought it was kind of funny but to be honest I couldn't tell you were joking. It's hard not to assume people are just dumb.
- arkitaip 10y ago
  HN is a humor free zone and I for one appreciate it!
Razengan 10y ago
The idea of ubiquitous and powerful computers in eveyrone's possession contributing to some global processing while they're idle, is actually fascinating.
- greglindahl 10y ago
  It was, until most of those computers got a power-saving mode -- electricity is not free. Also, note that some things (like bitcoin mining) are so specialized that they run poorly on general-purpose cpus and gpus. Still, there is a thriving set of "do this computation at home" projects: Folding@Home, SETI@Home, ...
  - Razengan 10y ago
    Well now billions of people have phones, tablets and laptops combined, so each of them can contribute some negligible use of their CPU while they're plugged in and sleeping, and they'll still add up to a huge difference to various projects. I think something like this should be built into iOS/Android. You choose a single project to contribute to while your devices are idle, and you get some standardized currency/points based on how much computing you've donated.

by tener 10y ago

Retric 10y ago

In the 9years I have been on HN I have up voted 3 really good jokes and downvoted thousands of so so ones. Before you post a joke think is it that good. Because, jokes are like spam on message boards they add clutter without aiding the discussion.

tener 10y ago
Wow, really? I just don't see how this is a spam. They definitely add some value, unlike some other stuff out there.
- ilaksh 10y ago
  I thought it was kind of funny but to be honest I couldn't tell you were joking. It's hard not to assume people are just dumb.
arkitaip 10y ago
HN is a humor free zone and I for one appreciate it!

Razengan 10y ago

The idea of ubiquitous and powerful computers in eveyrone's possession contributing to some global processing while they're idle, is actually fascinating.

greglindahl 10y ago
It was, until most of those computers got a power-saving mode -- electricity is not free. Also, note that some things (like bitcoin mining) are so specialized that they run poorly on general-purpose cpus and gpus. Still, there is a thriving set of "do this computation at home" projects: Folding@Home, SETI@Home, ...
- Razengan 10y ago
  Well now billions of people have phones, tablets and laptops combined, so each of them can contribute some negligible use of their CPU while they're plugged in and sleeping, and they'll still add up to a huge difference to various projects. I think something like this should be built into iOS/Android. You choose a single project to contribute to while your devices are idle, and you get some standardized currency/points based on how much computing you've donated.