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Look, Mom and Dad! I made my old laptop into a crypto miner. What does that mean, you ask?
Well, let me tell you! The laptop uses its old janky hardware to solve math problems along with a bunch of other computers on the internet, and they get a reward if they solve it right, first.

Yes, of course that reward is money! So silly of you to ask. However, that money is in the form of an imaginary currency used only by people who really care about their privacy - you know, like people in sketchy countries, journalists, drug dealers, and a niche lot who use it for fun.
But you can sell it for rupees or dollars or whatever real-world currency there is.
Okay. So the reward is not a lot, because the old hardware in the laptop, and it works out to be about 0.5 rupees a day...on a good day.
I know, I know, I know what you're thinking. That's not a lot. But it adds up! And with the value of the cryptocurrency fluctuating, the rupee value of the reward generated could actually amount to a lot...in a few decades.

If you really think about it, the old laptop is running 24/7 and at 90% CPU, so the heat that it generates will probably eat away any thermal paste, and wear down the mechanical and electrical components really quickly. Then there's the battery, which since the laptop is always plugged in and running at high temperatures, will most likely expand and become a fire hazard in the living room.
Then there's the electricity required to run it constantly, which is definitely way more expensive than the amount of currency it generates per day. Then of course, there's also the tax to be paid if I ever decide to convert the crypto to rupees.

So, to surmise - I made a potentially explosive money printer that loses money every day.

I fail to see how you don't find this cool.

I mean sure, I'm burning money. But the price of secure wallet setup, the Ubuntu server learning, setting up the automation to switch from the Plex server to mining, systemd service management, creating a kill switch and sensors? Priceless.

How the fuck do you quantify learning?