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   Message 8,309 of 10,823   
   Dan Clough to All   
   The BOINC Project   
   16 Jul 22 19:18:00   
   
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   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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