GPUs Mine Astronomical Datasets for Golden Insight Nuggets

Re:GPUs Mine Astronomical Datasets for Golden Insight Nuggets by ekianjo on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:18AM (#16858498)

You dont just cure disease by doing protein folding simulations. thats just a very tiny part of drug development.

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Re:GPUs Mine Astronomical Datasets for Golden Insight Nuggets by jonknee on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:14PM (#16861387)

I'd rather be a tiny way close to new cures than a more pointless hashing for blockchains.

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Re:GPUs Mine Astronomical Datasets for Golden Insight Nuggets by ekianjo on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @08:20AM (#16866730)

Many things are pointless if you start evaluating things by one's standards. Let the market decide what they should focus on. Otherwise, you can always rely on government funding for less-market-focused initiatives like fundamental research.

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Re:GPUs Mine Astronomical Datasets for Golden Insight Nuggets by nomel on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:41PM (#16871470)

> pointless hashing for blockchains

Surely there's a point to the person performing the hashing since the action takes a significant amount of time, resources, and money.

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