Does anyone rent out their spare CPU resources? Who do you use, is it worth it? (lemmy.world)

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Does anyone have any experiences with these services like gollum Network? Is it safe? Does it earn you a net monetary gain compared to your electric bill? I have a pretty nice desktop that sits around for most of the day, just wondering what else I can do with it while I'm at work.

Please note, I'm asking specifically for people who have actually done this and what their experiences were, good and bad. I understand I'm not going to make tons of (or possibly any) money or start a business.

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[-] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

If you use electric heating, then the use of electricity for computation is basically free in winter, no?

[-] legion02@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Purely electric heating is pretty rare I'd think. Most will be heat pump which is wayyy more efficient than an electric heater

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