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2k retired Google Pixel phones get a second life as a private cloud (theregister.com)
12 points by joebuckwilliams 3 days ago
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Love the idea. But really, having to remove the boards from the case, dispose of the batteries(!), create a Linux that supports (potentially) obscure GPUs, mount on custom boards that expose Ethernet, to arrive at a situation where 60-80 phones equal one server - that’s not a general purpose solution.
Yeah. I was imagining all the phones connected to each other like those spam farms.