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> How useful is a compute node that can't use the internet It doesn't say that. It says that it will use your broadband connection. It says most of the time it

> How useful is a compute node that can't use the internet It doesn't say that. It says that it will use your broadband connection. It says most of the time it will just be for monitoring and speed tests, and it also says that larger uploads/downloads will be limited to a fraction of your bandwidth and they'll try to run it overnight. To me, this says they'll send/retrieve datasets to be processed on the server, slowly, mostly overnight. > It is in direct contradiction to what the author of the article wrote Yes. I don't know why he wrote it, but if you click through to the trial on https://www.heata.co/trial https://www.heata.co/trial and scroll down to the FAQ, it is right there. > And if it does use the internet, it's now using your internet (and presumably your electricity) for free I think maybe you need to read the FAQ. They see how much electricity they're using by installing a meter for this specific purpose, and they pay you for it.

Alupis 4y ago
> It doesn't say that. It says that it will use your broadband connection. It says most of the time it will just be for monitoring and speed tests, and it also says that larger uploads/downloads will be limited to a fraction of your bandwidth and they'll try to run it overnight. This doesn't seem very useful at all. Other than to get feel-good enviro points, and even then it's still highly questionable. If it can only use a small fraction of your bandwidth, and it can only do it at night - then who is this thing for? What kind of profitable compute keeps it occupied all day and only checks in at night? I highly suspect the entire truth is not being told here with this idea. It sounds like a half-baked college student idea more than a professional operation.
- mike-cardwell 4y ago
  Some jobs require a large amount of cpu and a small amount of data. I imagine that is what this system is for. Ultimately, it will be costing them money to create this hardware, install it in your house, and then pay you for the electricity it uses. It seems likely to me that they'll have considered a way of making money from it. [edit] I investigated further and one of the things they do on these machines is 3D rendering.
- rolenthedeep 4y ago
  BOINC has been running compute tasks in exactly this fashion for 20 years.

Alupis 4y ago

> It doesn't say that. It says that it will use your broadband connection. It says most of the time it will just be for monitoring and speed tests, and it also says that larger uploads/downloads will be limited to a fraction of your bandwidth and they'll try to run it overnight. This doesn't seem very useful at all. Other than to get feel-good enviro points, and even then it's still highly questionable. If it can only use a small fraction of your bandwidth, and it can only do it at night - then who is this thing for? What kind of profitable compute keeps it occupied all day and only checks in at night? I highly suspect the entire truth is not being told here with this idea. It sounds like a half-baked college student idea more than a professional operation.

mike-cardwell 4y ago
Some jobs require a large amount of cpu and a small amount of data. I imagine that is what this system is for. Ultimately, it will be costing them money to create this hardware, install it in your house, and then pay you for the electricity it uses. It seems likely to me that they'll have considered a way of making money from it. [edit] I investigated further and one of the things they do on these machines is 3D rendering.
rolenthedeep 4y ago
BOINC has been running compute tasks in exactly this fashion for 20 years.