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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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