I can hear QUOD laughing at .kkrieger's pitifullly large filesize

quod is even more impressive at 64kb https://daivuk.itch.io/quod

That's enough for at least 22 copies of QUOD

Switching ip addresses doesn't matter for things on the tailnet using the magic dns https://tailscale.com/docs/features/magicdns

It can go too far in either direction. If you're writing a report you know no one will ever read it can help to ask why and push for an answer, but it isn't the driving instructor's job to explain why you should stop at the red light.

It's a single rack rather than it being a whole data center. The whole constellation of satellites is the data center.

Again, I'm not advocating for this as a good idea, just saying that cooling is not the reason it is a bad one.

That simply isn’t true, the video I linked explains everything clearly, for a 20kw satellite the cooling area is needed very modest.

Still not a great idea and I am not advocating for it, but people need to stop fighting bullshit with bullshit and start fighting it with truth.

That simply isn't true, the video I linked explains everything clearly, for a 20kw satellite the cooling area is needed very modest.

Still not a great idea and I am not advocating for it, but people need to stop fighting bullshit with bullshit and start fighting it with truth.

You can, they just have to be smaller rather than a massive single orbital data centrer like this proposal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQYU3m1e80

Still not a great idea because of the economics, but the same can be said for the data center build out on earth too, so why would they let that stop them?

Most n100 new mobos need ddr5, a few older ones only need ddr4 though. Either is unaffordable right now. Better off going for something second hand which uses ddr3. Will use a bit more power but the break even point vs an n100 + ram will probably be a decade at least.

A pi 5 will cost way more than a second hand mini pc.

Don't forget the power bill, even if they sit idle most of the time. 12 drives * 5 watts * 24 hours * 365.25 days ~= 525 kwh. That would cost me $157 aud a year for electricity.

If I instead bought a 6TB drive brand new I'd break even after 3 years, assuming the 500GB drives are $0.