San Francisco-based startup SPAN will launch a network of liquid-cooled compute nodes in residential areas. In turn, residents will be offered discounted rates for electricity and internet.
So, placing a lot of computer equipment in a minimally-secured location? Forget Flock cameras, this is actually valuable scavenging.
The junkies are going to upgrade from copper cables.
It’s like someone saw a botnet as a valid alternative to a data center.
Are they wrong?
(I mean literally, not morally)
I had this thought that if things continue to move in the same direction, technology will split into corporate and independent. What I mean is that you either setup your home server with all local stuff you need and connect to Fediverse only, or your hardware and digital life fully dependents on corporations and subscriptions.
I never paid attention to the fact that people have racks at home in futuristic movies but I guess that’s how authors see future too
Tricking you into subsidizing their power use via bullshit backdoor utility deals wasn’t working, so now they’re trying to have you pay the power bill directly?
