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Pretty clever, I've never thought about it like that. Basically they turned a computer into a heater that pays for itself plus some. Makes you think we should b
by vlunkr 9y ago
Pretty clever, I've never thought about it like that. Basically they turned a computer into a heater that pays for itself plus some. Makes you think we should be building datacenters where the heat could be used, rather than just pumping it out.
- rzzzt 9y agoThere was an attempt to host servers in a similar setup in regular houses, not sure what happened to it (the article link doesn't seem to work, either): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9334792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9334792
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoThat was the premise behind this machine[1] (love the unintentionally humorous product rendering) but for some reason I haven't seen them popping up everywhere. 1: https://bitcoinnewsmagazine.com/bitmain-antminer-r4-home-bitcoin-miner/ https://bitcoinnewsmagazine.com/bitmain-antminer-r4-home-bit...
- aoner 9y agoCheck out https://www.nerdalize.com https://www.nerdalize.com