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Re:HPC Systems Special Offer: Two A64FX Nodes in a 2U for $40k on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:42AM (#24281511)
I think that a useful way of seeing this is to compare car engines:

From wikipedia, a Ford Flex Limited can have a V6 turbocharged 3.6L engine (max torque 350 lb-ft), while a Formula One has a V6 turbocharged with only 1.6L (max torque 214 lb-ft).

The Formula One engine has lower specs, and cost orders of magnitude more.

I think that the answer is that this comparison doesn't make much sense, when the use cases and the target are so different.

Edit: it is funny to see all the replies to my comment mirroring the replies to the parent comment: there is a lot more to the comparison than just cherry-picking a few spec point.

Re:Let's Build a 28-Core Raspberry Pi Cluster on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:08AM (#24130275)
I actually have a k3s cluster running my blog/a few services. It just works, really, and so far it has been zero maintenance, zero downtime, apart from the large upfront investment (one weekend). Most importantly it was a great learning experience.
By the way, anyone knows a competitor to Revolut that respect privacy (online banking, able to send/receive other currencies easily). I would love to switch but it is hard to find anyone actually better from a privacy point of view.