Subj : RE: The BOINC Project
To   : Gamgee
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Sun Jul 17 2022 20:59:12

On 7/16/2022 7:27 PM, Gamgee wrote to All:

-> Hello all, just wondering if anybody does anything with "distributed 
-> computing" projects.  Specifically the "BOINC" project.  It's designed 
-> to let you contribute your computer's "wasted" CPU cycles for something 
-> beneficial.  If you have any computers that are always on but not really 
-> doing all that much, they might be a good candidate for something like 
-> this.  I've been doing the projects known as "Einstein" and "Universe" 
-> for a couple of years now, and maybe they've gotten some benefit from 
-> it.  In my case I have an Raspberry Pi 4 running for some random tasks 
-> like periodic dynamic DNS updates, idling in some IRC channels, sending 
-> me some automated reminder emails from cron jobs, and working on the 
-> BOINC projects.  Most of these tasks run in TMUX windows/panes, so I can 
-> detach from them and they continue running until I re-attach and 
-> check/use them again.  Very handy to just SSH back into the RPi and 
-> resume where I left off.
-> 
-> Anyway, if you have, or are, also participating with BOINC, I'd like to 
-> hear about it.  It's one of those things that can make you feel like 
-> maybe you've done a little bit of good in advancing some scientific 
-> research.  Kind of satisfying stuff.
-> 
-> If you're interested in some more info on this, their website is here:  
-> https://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Thanks for this info.  I checked out the site.  It's not for me, but hopefully others will 
join.

Mike Dippel
 
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