BCG: The Botswana Compute Group

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Botswana Compute Group

We run the botswana compute cluster, giving free compute resources to kids. Currently just cpus (we have ~24 cores to give/host things), but gpus are in the near future.

When I was younger, it was a struggle to get ways to host my things (such as lhsface.me, chessanalysis.tech). In case you couldn't tell by the domain name, I scavenged around for free things that didn't require a credit card. I struggled and wasted time on these endevaours, so I made the BCG.

But gpus are the future!... We have 8 arc gpus, we just need the enclosure for them. If you want to sponsor us for ~500-1000 USD, that'd be great. (I'll make an ad for ya)

Who are we?

We are just a group of people from Leland High School. None of us are from Botswana, just fans of Botswana (we even got stickers lol)! We also like computing, might as well make it free. Our names will be private on the public web, but you can email us to find out information!

FAQ

Why are you doing this?: I have Azure non-profit credits for this, might as well spend them on our mission statement.
What access do I get?: Probably ssh access if I can verify that you're a real teenager and not a scammer. Otherwise, we will deploy the code.
How do I get access to begin with?: Email us at botswanacompute@4d2.org, or if you're a cool kid, join our discord server
What am I getting from this?: Just shared access to 8 vcpus on azure located in India. For this year only (as of right now), there will be 16 vcpus in India, 64gb ram, 4tb storage. Just don't use up too much and you'll be fine.

Things we find cool!

Evan Conrad, who has indirectly roasted us in so many tweets, but is also very cool.

SF Compute Company, also very cool and is currently letting me do my AP Research project lol.