"My phone is a server now" would've been better -- > built in battery backup Isn't it always recommended to remove battery if you plan to use a phone or a laptop as a server? ( Fire hazard ) or is it fine to just limit the charging to 80%?
I prefer to assume he's lugging a 12U mini relay rack around with him, including a UPS and cellular fallback for networking, so he can run an Android VM and use it as his cell phone. See also, this atomic clock wristwatch: http://leapsecond.com/pages/atomic-bill/
My server is a phone now
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#153Side comment about the difference between “My server is a phone now” and “My phone is a server now.” In linguistics, the terms “theme” and “rheme” refer to the status of information in a sentence [1]. The theme of a sentence is something that is known or can be assumed from the context (that is, old information), while the rheme is information that is newly introduced in the sentence, often as a comment on the theme.…
I actually think it's just a poor title, "my server runs on a phone now" would be better.
As it is, I expected the server to now have a modem, to be operating as a phone.
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#155I work in a place where we have about 100 phones in a server room that we use for automated testing of mobile apps. A few phones get chucked out every year due to bloated batteries. We’ve even had one or two explosions. We have them well cooled now and in fireproof containers. We try to do some power management like automatically discharging them every once in a while etc…
Is it not worth the effort to take them apart and take the batteries out before you put them into the rack?
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#156I have similar idea of using my old Xiaomi Mi A1 as a server, but I have never actually done it. The author's first idea and mine was similar, replacing Android with PostmarketOS. And here is the difference, I was not brave enough to actually install PostmarketOS to my phone. Especially after looking at the Postmarket Wiki where not all features for my phone are flagged as supported. In the end, I abandoned the idea…
If the OS came pre-installed I'd be weary of Chinese call home/ your device being used as a residential proxy for DDOS farms
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#157Side comment about the difference between “My server is a phone now” and “My phone is a server now.” In linguistics, the terms “theme” and “rheme” refer to the status of information in a sentence [1]. The theme of a sentence is something that is known or can be assumed from the context (that is, old information), while the rheme is information that is newly introduced in the sentence, often as a comment on the theme.…
I wonder if this is a native/non-native English reader situation. I'm the latter and for me the title promised that I will read about a server that now is capable of letting a person call to order a pizza. That was immediate thought.
It would be very interesting to see a poll results on how many of us thought that the article is about a server doing phone stuff and not a phone doing server stuff.
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#158"My phone is a server now" would've been better -- > built in battery backup Isn't it always recommended to remove battery if you plan to use a phone or a laptop as a server? ( Fire hazard ) or is it fine to just limit the charging to 80%?
"My phone is a server now" - OP's choice is a subtle one. By saying "my server is now ..." implies a change of server platform to a phone but not where it came from. Your offering: "my phone is a server now" implies a change of phone usage but does not indicate where the server came from. The article itself tells all.
A phone is my server now.
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is why I love Hacker News, so many neat info you don't get anywhere else! Thanks for your comment :)
This cliche of "only on hackernews people say interesting stuff" must die.
You meant, "people say interesting stuff only on hackernews". Theme vs rheme.
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#160I suggest you to go down this route, but replace Android with postmarketOS and make it a Kubernetes cluster: https://blog.denv.it/posts/pmos-k3s-cluster/
First thing the article does is explain that they did and it was a wrong choice.
Nothing Claude / Codex can't fix. I'd call this a skill issue tbh
On top of that, pmOS can work with non-mainline Linux, so with the Android kernel, which is somewhat guaranteed to have support for most / all the devices. You shouldn't use it if you care about security though, but that's a different matter