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this is stupid. no. just no. ok?
iot is all about low power, dedicated and it is NOT YOUR HOSTING PLATFORM for running your bullshit on.
iot has enough trouble with weak or non-existent security and the devices are just not meant to accept 'workloads' from you.
someone has been smoking from the beowulf bowl...
Low power and low bandwidth. Very very low bandwidth in some cases.
If someone wants spare compute cycles, then use those smart phones that are constantly being used for stupid things.
Well bitcoin mining doesn't need much bandwidth. :-)
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IoT != compute (Score:5, Insightful)
this is stupid. no. just no. ok?
iot is all about low power, dedicated and it is NOT YOUR HOSTING PLATFORM for running your bullshit on.
iot has enough trouble with weak or non-existent security and the devices are just not meant to accept 'workloads' from you.
someone has been smoking from the beowulf bowl...
Re:IoT != compute (Score:2)
Low power and low bandwidth. Very very low bandwidth in some cases.
If someone wants spare compute cycles, then use those smart phones that are constantly being used for stupid things.
Bitcoin mining doesn't need much bandwidth (Score:2)
Low power and low bandwidth. Very very low bandwidth in some cases.
Well bitcoin mining doesn't need much bandwidth. :-)