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Struggling to heat your home? Try 500 Raspberry Pi units (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago

Who would win in a fight?

500 Raspberry Pis or 1 BIC?

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

That's a really cool idea. I wonder how it deals with waste heat in the summer, when one wouldn't typically want to warm their home.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Summer hot tub.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You could maybe do it in some environments that want year-round heating, but yeah, the UK doesn't seem like the best place for that.

For some uses, there might also be physical security concerns for the servers.