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Are they mining with CPU’s or did GitHub actions add GPU’s recently? If just CPU’s that’s gotta be such a gigantic waste of CPU power for such little crypto.
by nodesocket 6y ago
Are they mining with CPU’s or did GitHub actions add GPU’s recently?
If just CPU’s that’s gotta be such a gigantic waste of CPU power for such little crypto.
- tinus_hn 6y agoIt doesn’t matter if the resource you are wasting is free.
- ForHackernews 6y ago"This will encourage Github to place its data centres near unused hydroelectric dams!" ~ Cryptokiddies, when you try to talk to them about waste.
- foepys 6y agoThis is a real talking point of crypto currency enthusiasts for people that didn't know and assume satire. They think that consuming more and more power results in more renewable energy being build. But because PoW algorithms create a static load, they siphon the energy away and when renewables cannot deliver enough power (e.g. no wind, no sun), coal and gas will be burned so blackouts don't happen.
- gtirloni 6y agoGitHub Actions' instances don't have a GPU [0]: "GitHub hosts Linux and Windows runners on Standard_DS2_v2 [1] virtual machines in Microsoft Azure" The only way to have access to a GPU is to use your own self-hosted runner. 0 - https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runne... 1 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dv2-dsv2-series https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dv2-...
- ahiknsr 6y agoThey are using the CPU. This (https://github.com/Bhargav1912/test_1/pull/2/files https://github.com/Bhargav1912/test_1/pull/2/files) is one the PRs abusing the GitHub actions. It looks like they are mining turtlecoin.