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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by gruez on Friday September 11, 2026 @06:50PM (#49666507)
>also why hyperscalers are paying folks to host gpu clusters in their homes

Source? There's definitely shady people paying people to host proxies, but hyperscalers doing it would be surprising.

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by walrus01 on Friday September 11, 2026 @06:54PM (#49666540)
My understanding of it so far is that it is at most, 50 or 100 houses as a test... It's a startup that wants to make it wide scale but hasn't got there yet.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=span+resi...

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by gruez on Friday September 11, 2026 @07:11PM (#49666677)
Calling them a "hyperscaler" is a stretch. By all accounts it's some renewables startup that's trying to pivot into AI because obviously AI = $$$, and calling themselves a "hyperscaler" in the process. Calling them a "hyperscaler" makes as much sense as some guy who runs a homelab in his basement as a "datacenter".

https://www.span.io/blog/span-announces-xfra-a-distributed-d...

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by walrus01 on Friday September 11, 2026 @08:38PM (#49667365)
My thoughts exactly. In the current environment you could slap "AI" on a potato and get $$$ for it.
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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by ezconnect on Saturday September 12, 2026 @08:54AM (#49671855)
They are basically rebranding the Folding@Home idea and adding modern words to market it.
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