-=> August Abolins wrote to Gamgee <=-

 AA> Hello Gamgee!

 AA> ** On Saturday 16.07.22 - 19:21, Gamgee wrote to All:

 G> Hello all, just wondering if anybody does anything with
 G> "distributed computing" projects.  Specifically the "BOINC"
 G> project.  It's designed to let you contribute your
 G> computer's "wasted" CPU cycles for something beneficial.
 G> If you have any computers that are always on but not really
 G> doing all that much, they might be a good candidate for
 G> something like this.

 AA> I prefer to make sure that all potential CPU cycles are at the
 AA> ready for MY needs.     Besides, the cooler the pc runs (two
 AA> laptops here) the better for me and the lifetimes of the CPUs
 AA> and fans.

If you have a lot of cycles not doing anything, why not put them to good 
use?  The configuration allows setting a threshold to where if non-BOINC 
use reaches a certain amount, the BOINC work stops until the load goes 
back down again.  Cooler and CPU lifetimes are not worth consideration, 
to me at least, as the change is not enough to matter.  :-)

 G> [...] Most of these tasks run in TMUX windows/panes, so I
 G> can detach from them and they continue running until I re-
 G> attach and check/use them again.  Very handy to just SSH
 G> back into the RPi and resume where I left off.

 AA> "TMUX".. "can detach".. etc lingo, that's a bit over my head at
 AA> the moment.

Just Linux talk for a multiplexer, very straightforward, really.

 G> Anyway, if you have, or are, also participating with BOINC,
 G> I'd like to hear about it.  It's one of those things that
 G> can make you feel like maybe you've done a little bit of
 G> good in advancing some scientific research.  Kind of
 G> satisfying stuff.

 AA> Reminds me of the outrage that some people experienced when
 AA> they learned that their pcs were automatically participating in
 AA> bitcoin mining.  I don't remember the original story at this
 AA> time.

Well, that would be different due to the unwanted/unauthorized use of 
the PC.


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