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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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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