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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Business idea: AWS, but hosted entirely within the computing power of AI web crawlers.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the "store data inside slow network requests for the in-transit duration". It was a fun article to read.

[–] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

http://tom7.org/harder/ (has links to the paper and also to the video)

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] excral@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like the idea but couldn't you just go the more direct route and mine crypto?

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, but hosting provides value to society.

[–] Natanael 4 points 1 month ago

Like a public service CAPTCHA / BOINC hybrid

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Just reading the Ender's game series, very on-point.

Tap for spoilerWe'll wake up one day only to realise an entity living 'in the wires' is the only thing keeping the internet alive.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 4 weeks ago

As long as NetWatch keeps them behind the Blackwall, we're all good.