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|    Dan Clough to All    |
|    The BOINC Project    |
|    16 Jul 22 19:18:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 2767.fido_essnasa@1:123/115 27389789       PID: Synchronet 3.19c-Linux master/dd2131e4a Jul 2 2022 GCC 11.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.15-Linux master/dd2131e4a Jul 2 2022 GCC 11.2.0       BBSID: PALANT       CHRS: ASCII 1       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/                     ... If not for the last minute, nothing would get done.       === MultiMail/Linux v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux        * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (1:123/115)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 10/0 1 15/0 18/0 50/109 90/1 92/1 102/401 103/1       SEEN-BY: 103/17 705 105/81 106/201 116/116 120/340 123/0 25 115 126       SEEN-BY: 123/131 180 200 755 129/305 330 331 135/300 153/7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 214/22 218/0 1 650 700 810 840 850 860 870 880 221/1 6 222/2       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 206 317 400 424 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/470 664 700 240/1120 250/1 266/512 275/1000 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 300/4 301/1 113 812 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 460/58 467/888 633/280 712/848 1321 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 3634/0 12 15 27 50 56 119 5001/100 5005/49 5020/715 1042       SEEN-BY: 5020/4441 5054/8 5058/104 5064/56 5083/444 5090/958       PATH: 123/115 3634/12 5020/1042 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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