Subj : The BOINC Project
To   : All
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Jul 16 2022 19:21:00

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/


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