Give it to Watsi, a non-profit that is making extensive use of AWS. It would probably equate to donating the entire sum to them.
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Re: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
who said you lose only 4k? 8k general compute power in AWS is roughly 200$ in bitcoin.
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GPUs aren't nearly as effective as they used to be, given all the ASIC miners. And AWS GPU instances don't have the right GPU, either; there's a very specific line of AMD GPUs that can accelerate the blockchain hashing algorithm, and AWS uses nVidia.
Re: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#23How about building an Einstein@Home lab with some of those credits? Help discover some neutron stars.
Or Folding at Home for protein folding
Re: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#24You are so aweosome for doing this. I built GoReturnMe.com single handedly with my own php framework Tatanka. It needs an update but we could use some credit :) I love building bands/musicians/artists websites. And I host them at no charge on AWS, credit would help there :) I also an an engineer for label insight.com :) we could use some credit too.
Bands/Artists: http://www.deathbyicon.com http://www.deannadevore.com http://www.theivorysband.com
GoReturnMe: http://www.goreturnme.com LabelInsight: http://www.labelinsight.com
You're awesome!
Re: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#25Re: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are they a 501(c)(3)? If the OP's marginal combined tax rate is, say 50%, then donating $8k in credits would be like $4k in their pocket. EDIT: Of course OP should talk to an accountant first. . . .
The Internet Archive is indeed a 501(c)3, and this is a great idea. It also fits very well with the request in the PS.
The Internet Archive is a different entity than ArchiveTeam. I'm skeptical that running AT instances (which scrape websites into archives which then get hosted by IA) counts as a donation towards the IA.
From archiveteam.org:
Archive Team is in no way affiliated with the fine folks at ARCHIVE.ORGRe: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#27You could spin up a large number of ArchiveTeam warrior images
If I get this correctly, this would help make a backup of archive.org. It would download a big amount of data and then store it for... one month, until the instances expire? That seems rather wasteful of bandwidth and effort, or am I missing the point?
Re: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#28how about donating it to some sort of intern/mentorship program? i have a friend attempting to start one with gov't support and is in the trial'ing phase of it now at his company. he may find it useful. I could put you two in contact
Re: Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?
#29You could spin up a large number of ArchiveTeam warrior images
Or buy some 3-year reserved instances and run the iabak scripts http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK/g...
Actually I don't remember how paying for storage works with reserved instances... if you're going to get stuck with a recurring bill that you can't pay with the credits, then never mind.