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minus-squareInvalid@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBut you don’t need to host your local OS in the cloud to run an application in the cloud. Edit: clarification.
minus-squareBrkdncr@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIf your hardware is ARM and you need to work in x86 then yes you do.
minus-squareRiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPeople are streaming machine instructions from the Internet? I’m not sure how that makes sense. Kinda seems like local storage would be more efficient if you’re literally just running the stuff locally anyway.
But you don’t need to host your local OS in the cloud to run an application in the cloud.
Edit: clarification.
If your hardware is ARM and you need to work in x86 then yes you do.
People are streaming machine instructions from the Internet? I’m not sure how that makes sense. Kinda seems like local storage would be more efficient if you’re literally just running the stuff locally anyway.