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minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-211 months agoCooking hot pockets, maybe a pot pie… Welcome to AMD’s Dinner and a Render, featuring the new Threadripper CPU and meals cooked on it!
minus-square@beeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•11 months agoRun some benchmarks to dry my clothes, or maybe render a movie… Mine a bit of bitcoin/Monero
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoHow long until the x86 architecture is relegated to a line of overpriced, crypto-mining space heaters? 
minus-square@beeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•edit-211 months agoWe overestimate what can be done in 1 year, but underestimate what can be done in 10.
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoyou 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
minus-square@beeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink0•11 months agoNo 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.
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoIt was really just a joke. You’re taking it too seriously.
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-211 months agoHaha yep. Somewhat related, I’ve been looking into heating system powered by computers running Folding@Home lol
minus-square@beeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•11 months agoHow’s the calcs? What about Monero or something like that?
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoFair 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
Wow a 1KW CPU haha now we’re cookin’
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!
Run some benchmarks to dry my clothes, or maybe render a movie… Mine a bit of bitcoin/Monero
How long until the x86 architecture is relegated to a line of overpriced, crypto-mining space heaters? 
We overestimate what can be done in 1 year, but underestimate what can be done in 10.
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
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.
It was really just a joke. You’re taking it too seriously.
Now you’re just overthinking it
Haha yep.
Somewhat related, I’ve been looking into heating system powered by computers running Folding@Home lol
How’s the calcs? What about Monero or something like that?
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