Darren New wrote:

>> Not sure what you'd use a VM that could shut down at any random second 
>> for...
> 
> Hook it to a persistent disk and render an animation? Restart from where 
> you left off?  If each frame only takes a minute or two and you are 
> rendering a feature-length animation...

I guess it hadn't really registered that it's possible to make an 
instance immediately start doing work as soon as it boots up. I was 
thinking a VM that you're interactively working with isn't much use if 
it's going to die any second...

Interestingly, the documentation for DevPay seems to indicate that I 
could (for example) create an instance, install POV-Ray, and charge 
people money to run this instance, and thereby earn money. I bet it 
wouldn't actually work though.

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