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Re:Farewell to the Era of Cheap EC2 Spot Instances by SilasX on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:04PM (#35836182)
Couldn't you also buy GPUs in person with cash and mine with them?
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Re:Farewell to the Era of Cheap EC2 Spot Instances by philistine on Saturday May 06, 2023 @08:17AM (#35840623)
That's when you end up with the electricity bill of a weed farm and you get cops busting down your doors.
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Re:Farewell to the Era of Cheap EC2 Spot Instances by SilasX on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:36AM (#35842377)
That would be true regardless of the means of obtaining the GPUs -- I was just replying to the issue of the cash->GPU funnel, not asserting that any other part of the operation is easy.
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