Wait.. let's figure here.. 2c/hr = 48c/day
Electricity cost might be 25 c/kWh, and let's say that wall wart draws 5W, so
0.120 kWh/dy, or 3c/dy - that works out ok.
$0.45/day = $13.50/month.
Now, the real cost - how much is your time worth? $50/hr is very cheap for
someone on this list. If it takes more than 15 min/month to deal with it, it's
going to be a money loser.
On 11/28/19, 12:16 AM, "Beowulf on behalf of Janne Blomqvist"
<beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org on behalf of janne.blomqv...@aalto.fi> wrote:
On 28/11/2019 06.44, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> I am going to be blunt here but its not worth that 2 cents per hour
> given phones are key to everyones day to day work etc youll have to
> carry quite a number of battery packs to get you through your day.
Agreed, I wouldn't accept 2c/h for something that runs at full power and
drains the battery. But if the thing runs only when the phone is
connected to a charger (& wifi if it needs to communicate), then it's
slightly less nonsensical.
Also, could be a use for old phones that otherwise would just gather
dust in a drawer or be thrown in the trash. Of course, if they pay for
compute performance (for some suitable definition of performance) rather
than just cpu-hours old phones will be less power efficient.
--
Janne Blomqvist
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