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      Wow a 1KW CPU haha now we’re cookin’

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        Cooking hot pockets, maybe a pot pie…

        Welcome to AMD’s Dinner and a Render, featuring the new Threadripper CPU and meals cooked on it!

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          Run some benchmarks to dry my clothes, or maybe render a movie… Mine a bit of bitcoin/Monero

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            How long until the x86 architecture is relegated to a line of overpriced, crypto-mining space heaters? 

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              We overestimate what can be done in 1 year, but underestimate what can be done in 10.

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                you think I was kidding and then accuse me of underestimating, lol. I’m thinking of some background joke in a S7 episode of Black Mirror:

                Year: 2035. Guy in a remote cabin plugs in space heater with a sticker labeled: “Intel Inside” next to a Bitcoin logo

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                  No it’s a quote about time frames. Meaning I think it will be somewhere in the middle, maybe 7-8 years before x86 is like power pc.

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        Haha yep.

        Somewhat related, I’ve been looking into heating system powered by computers running Folding@Home lol

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          How’s the calcs? What about Monero or something like that?

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            Fair question - I was mainly joking about it, but I do love the idea of heating my home this winter for cheaper than with gas (in the UK) whilst contributing to medical science