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Does $2/mo even cover the power bill to have a smartphone on 24x7 though?
by nixgeek 4y ago
Does $2/mo even cover the power bill to have a smartphone on 24x7 though?
- selcuka 4y agoSolar power [1] and DNS-tunneling [2], which apparently works even with an expired SIM with no mobile or data plan at all. [1] Obviously using the solar generated power for something else to save on electricity might be more effective, but where is the fun in that? [2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.xapek.andiodine/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.xapek.andiodine/
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoYeah, just a few milennia of that and the solar panel will pay for itself!
- selcuka 4y agoIt depends on where on earth you are [1]: > $12.30: 5W 5V Portable Solar Panel Power Bank Phone Charger [1] https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/403705119852 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/403705119852
- azinman2 4y agoSo are you going to go and do this very complicated setup for $2/month apparently valuing your time at less than that?
- ciberado 4y agoCame on, where is your sense of adventure? :) seriously, this kind of rabbit holes are one of the best parts of HN, and every body understand they are just rethoric exercises.
- AussieWog93 4y agoObviously you wouldn't do it with just one phone - you'd get a cluster of several hundred/thousand. I could definitely picture myself as a teenager getting a bunch of shitty old Android devices to make $20 a month, though. My younger cousins will fill out surveys with fake info to make a few bucks here or there.
- selcuka 4y agoImagine a Beowulf cluster of $10 smartphones. Oh, wrong website.