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  • Dran@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml*Permanently Deleted*
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    6 months ago

    An example of this:

    Bitcoin mining started on cpus, then moved to gpus, and now exists on dedicated asics.

    A $200 GPU vs a $200 ASIC, the ASIC is going to be a faster sha256 calculator

    A $2000 GPU vs a $200 ASIC, the GPU is going to be a faster sha256 calculator

    A $200 GPU from today vs a $200 ASIC from 10 years ago vs a $200 CPU from today?.. You get the idea.

    There’s no way to know without specific details which will be faster. You could be running software encryption on a raspberry pi from 5 years ago or the drive could be running an encryption ASIC from 10 years ago, etc






  • RE: backups, I’d recommend altering your workflow. Instead of taking an image of a box, automate the creation of that box. Create a bash script that takes a base OS, and installs everything you use fresh. Then have it apply configuration files where appropriate, and lastly figure out which applications really need backup blobs to work properly (thunderbird, for example). Once you have that, your backups become just the data itself. Photos, documents, etc. Everything else is effectively ephemeral because it can be reproduced through automation.

    Takes a lot less space, is a lot more portable. And much better in scenarios where something in your OS is broken or you get a new computer and want to replicate your setup.