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Message 114998 - Posted: 14 Dec 2024, 23:19:29 UTC

I suggest Computing with BOINC on High Performance Computers in places without Air Condition only in Winter!
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Message 115001 - Posted: 15 Dec 2024, 9:33:53 UTC - in response to Message 114998.  

In reply to QBit's message of 14 Dec 2024:
I suggest Computing with BOINC on High Performance Computers in places without Air Condition only in Winter!
It is all about balance. In summer I don't have to pay for the electricity because it all comes from the roof. Against that I can't run quite as many of my 16 real cores. Of course that depends to a large extent on where you live. I can remember years in the UK where summer fell on a Wednesday.
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