• Vik
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        11 months ago

        Haha yep.

        Somewhat related, I’ve been looking into heating system powered by computers running Folding@Home lol

          • Vik
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            111 months ago

            Fair question - I was mainly joking about it, but I do love the idea of heating my home this winter for cheaper than with gas (in the UK) whilst contributing to medical science

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        11 months ago

        Cooking hot pockets, maybe a pot pie…

        Welcome to AMD’s Dinner and a Render, featuring the new Threadripper CPU and meals cooked on it!

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          211 months ago

          Run some benchmarks to dry my clothes, or maybe render a movie… Mine a bit of bitcoin/Monero

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            11 months ago

            How long until the x86 architecture is relegated to a line of overpriced, crypto-mining space heaters? 

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                11 months ago

                you think I was kidding and then accuse me of underestimating, lol. I’m thinking of some background joke in a S7 episode of Black Mirror:

                Year: 2035. Guy in a remote cabin plugs in space heater with a sticker labeled: “Intel Inside” next to a Bitcoin logo

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                  No it’s a quote about time frames. Meaning I think it will be somewhere in the middle, maybe 7-8 years before x86 is like power pc.