NASA: High Performance Fast Computing Challenge

Re:NASA: High Performance Fast Computing Challenge by jacknews on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:13PM (#14268350)

Hey geeks! NASA!! Aircraft design!! Spaaaace!!!!!

Just optimize our old code, and we'll pay peanuts! If you win, that is.

We were going to hire someone to shephard the old code, but why bother when you geeks will do it for nearly free because it's so cool!!!

OK I have my cynical hat on, and I can't really blame them for trying a cost-effective approach, but is this the future of work?

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Re:NASA: High Performance Fast Computing Challenge by msl on Friday May 05, 2017 @03:27AM (#14271713)

Well, this is NASA. They are not exactly rolling in cash. Maybe you could look at it as a sort of a voluntarily paid tax, earmarked for space exploration? I, for one, would be happy to donate some of my time for the cause, if they were willing to let me.

> is this the future of work?

Not just the future: many people have contributed to open source projects that have ended up being used in commercial projects, and never received any payment for their work.

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Re:NASA: High Performance Fast Computing Challenge by jacknews on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:47AM (#14292613)

Good point, though I see open source as something people create for pleasure, rather than 'solving someone else's problem'. There is much blur between those two things obviously.

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Re:NASA: High Performance Fast Computing Challenge by tanderson92 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:26PM (#14268473)

Not if the people who could solve this problem refuse to participate.

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