What do you do with your idle servers? onlinepersona ( @onlinepersona@programming.dev ) Programming@programming.devEnglish • 1 year ago message-square21fedilinkarrow-up134
arrow-up134message-squareWhat do you do with your idle servers? onlinepersona ( @onlinepersona@programming.dev ) Programming@programming.devEnglish • 1 year ago message-square21fedilink
Not sure if this is the right place to ask the question, but there doesn’t seem to be an “askgeeks” or something.
minus-square PoisonedPrisonPanda ( @PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink16•edit-21 year agodo some folding? (https://foldingathome.org/?lng=en)
minus-square AggressivelyPassive ( @agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ) linkfedilink4•1 year agoOr some BOINCing.
minus-square PoisonedPrisonPanda ( @PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink1•1 year agousername checks out.
minus-square onlinepersona ( @onlinepersona@programming.dev ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI tried finding instructions for running headless on a server, but everything seems to be for desktop users with a GUI. And the code is proprietary for some reason?
minus-square FuzzChef ( @FuzzChef@feddit.de ) linkfedilink1•1 year agoIf you rent a VPS that might get you kicked, so check your terms first.
minus-square Big P ( @peter@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIf your electricity costs you nothing
minus-square PoisonedPrisonPanda ( @PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink2•1 year agothats in general the culprit with own server. but in my place electricity itself costs not much, half of the cost is only taxes and other expenses around the energy. therefore 200 kwh more or less in a year(that would be 25 watts) is not that much.
minus-square onlinepersona ( @onlinepersona@programming.dev ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoGermans with 31c/kwh 😿
minus-square Big P ( @peter@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoMy electricity currently costs 65p/kWh…
minus-square onlinepersona ( @onlinepersona@programming.dev ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYouch. Are you getting rammed?
do some folding?
(https://foldingathome.org/?lng=en)
Or some BOINCing.
username checks out.
I tried finding instructions for running headless on a server, but everything seems to be for desktop users with a GUI. And the code is proprietary for some reason?
If you rent a VPS that might get you kicked, so check your terms first.
If your electricity costs you nothing
thats in general the culprit with own server.
but in my place electricity itself costs not much, half of the cost is only taxes and other expenses around the energy.
therefore 200 kwh more or less in a year(that would be 25 watts) is not that much.
Germans with 31c/kwh 😿
My electricity currently costs 65p/kWh…
Youch. Are you getting rammed?
Very much so