BOINC is an open source tool and protocol for volunteer computing which enables people to volunteer their computational power to scientific research like cancer research and mapping the galaxy.

Take the survey with the link below 👇

Should only take 5 min and your response could help shape the future of the community 😁

https://forms.fillout.com/t/n33grsgkeRus

The BOINC Census is a project of the Science Commons Initiative, a 501(c)(3) non-profit rebuilding the bridge of trust and participation between the public and science.

Happy crunching! 🚀

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[–] registeredusername@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Running World Community Grid for years since seti@home decided to end

[–] UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

i stopped when seti@home ended, had a nice server running for them on and off for years. kinda miss it, but no longer have a server, just the stupid 42u rack....

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes during winter when we need to heat anyway, but the extra energy cost (as seen through the energy meter) is more than 200€ per year here in belgium. I can't justify that cost right now.

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is very interesting! Does someone here already do this?

[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I have been crunching BOINC for years. Very fun to be involved with and helps heat my apartment in winter.

[–] UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

i did it for years, you can limit how much the program uses of your computer (ex. limit max 30% cpu usage), so its not running full out all the time. I used it on my server for a long time too, they had it setup nice. it was one of the few programs that server ran that actually used all 32 cores on both processors.