2026-10-30 18:42 UTC
It’s way less thermally efficient though… Individual computers in people’s houses running lighter workloads don’t get as hot, and when they do, they don’t need to stay operating for as long: they can just shut down or slow down after the heavy workload, or finish it more slowly. So they don’t need as much cooling, and will produce less waste heat due to the temperature coefficient of resistance.
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@maya_s_trojan@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-10-30 19:06
So they don’t need as much cooling, and will produce less waste heat due to the temperature coefficient of resistance. And honestly in areas with colder year-round climates, the increase in ambient temps from running locally might actually reduce heating bills because it’s technically doing double duty of doing a job and heating the place.