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So I can submit jobs to them and have them do arbitrary computations for me? I can’t even get easy unfettered access to the filesystem for christ’s sake.
by mruts 7y ago
So I can submit jobs to them and have them do arbitrary computations for me? I can’t even get easy unfettered access to the filesystem for christ’s sake.
- freehunter 7y agoAs it turns, out, the vast majority of people don't need to do arbitrary computations on a regular basis. For those two do need it, you don't need a mainframe sitting in your basement like a furnace when a Rapsberry Pi has 500x the processing power of an IBM 4300 from the 1980s for a fraction of the price and size and power consumption. There is absolutely no need to shit on the capabilities of modern smartphones when "arbitrary computation" devices are so cheap, small, and ubiquitous.
- nineteen999 7y agoComparing apples and oranges. The smartphone or Raspberry PI may have more CPU power, but has far less redundancy.