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Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385 (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

So what I'm gathering is I should set aside my wife's broken pixel phone to use as a low power server.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago

    I mean generally, how much computational power is lying around in discarded smart phones?

    How much I reached potential is there in some sort of clustering solution to distribute the load such that 2-6 smartphones can get some real work done?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Only problem with that is the spicy battery pillow.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    Just remove the battery?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 days ago

    It's a bit trickier than that. They won't run from USB power alone. The battery has to be replaced with a battery eliminator circuit.

    If the phone is new enough, it may have an option to prevent the battery from fully charging. If it does, you can enable that and leave the battery in until it's completely worn out. That way you have a built in UPS.

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