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Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by RaphiePS » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:39 PM UTC

Will you be charged for pre-credit card instances after you add a card? Also, it's very unclear as to how you end a running instance.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:42 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#43

Post by devmach » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:46 PM UTC

From https://gridspot.com/privacy

> We have designed the Gridspot Software...

Sorry if i missed but : Who are you ? Please put some information about "yourself" somewhere on your site. And if you can, please answer these questions on your page :

- What is your company name and legal type ?

- What is your location ?

- How can i contact to you ? No, support@gridspot.com doesn't count, put some landline numbers too.

- Who are your team members ?

And please don't use " Whois guard" ?

edit: Looks like, downvoting is easier than answering the questions. Seriously, can you explain to me : why do you trust some company which doesn't give any information about itself ?

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by dfischer » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:47 PM UTC

This would be more cool if the portion of profits went to those who contributed cycles.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by ricardobeat » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:49 PM UTC

Is this related to last year's node knockout entry for a distributed chess AI?

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by timClicks » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:50 PM UTC

Windows only for contributions? That seems weird, given that jobs are running within a VM.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by jasonzemos » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:51 PM UTC

What happens when the contributor abruptly cuts out?

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by panarky » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:51 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #34

panarky wrote: post #26

This would be perfect for crawling with a large number of distinct IP addresses, or for fighting DDOS attacks. However: "All network traffic is proxied through a central data center we maintain." https://gridspot.com/compute/api_help

How is possible to fight a DDOS attack with lots of IP addresses?

Fighting fire with fire:

http://phys.org/news/2011-03-horizon-victims-ddos.html

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by taylorbuley » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:53 PM UTC

haliax wrote: post #13

This reminds me of http://www.pluraprocessing.com/

One thing I'd like to hear is whether this is opt-in or -out and whether it's client or server side.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by cycrutchfield » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 9:59 PM UTC

This is incredible and the pricing could be a game-changer for distributed compute