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Why do they do it? Won't one purpose built machine do everything better and use less power?
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>>106508242
based ac1750 and optiplex pleasure loving
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Some people think it's cool to cluster crappy hardware together to make it not crappy, even though it's impractical.
I know a guy who has a home server that is about 15 old laptops spread around his house clustered together.
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>>106508242
Reddit updoots. You can get all the same power in a single box.

Only legitimate time is redundancy as more nodes but maybe don't buy terrible hardware?
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>>106508242
Because all 5 cost £30
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>>106508242
Some people have hobbies.
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>>106508466
>Costs 30£.
>Costs 130£ to run for one day.
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>>106508242
its a hobby
whats the point of doing anything
>>106508242
>one purpose built machine do everything
everything? you know they don't actually do anything with them right?
its like saying whats the point of a jigsaw you can buy a picture.



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