[organsnyder]

My homelab is in a closet that has the water meter for my above-garage apartment. Before I put a heater in the garage itself, I needed to make sure that that closet didn't freeze. I rigged up a temperature sensor to start mprime on a server if the temperature got too low, but higher than the electric heater that's also in that closet. I figured I might as well contribute to research if I'm just burning watts for heat anyways.

[ragebol]

Where can I buy a compute-for-heat home system?

Edit: I have a heat pump, which is more efficient for heating of course

[mh-]

A late model Intel MacBook from eBay and pretty much any Electron app from 2020 should do it.

[GuB-42]

I remember some startups trying to install cryptominers in people homes, the idea was to use the electricity that would be spent heating the space anyways. The company would pay for the mining hardware while the customer would provide the electricity, and the profits would be shared.

I don't know how it worked out, but the idea was there.

[speedgoose]

You might prefer a heat pump.