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A comment on Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?.

Re:Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess hom... by 37 on Monday January 17, 2022 @12:03PM (#29968671)
> When I was a kid, I remember participating in Folding@Home. Unfortunately, the project doesn't appear nearly as active as when I was younger.

Hmm, I don't follow it that closely, but I have given a clock cycle or two to the project. And from taking a quick glance at their website[0] it seems they are still pretty involved. The most recent posting is called "Markov State Models (MSMs) of SARS-CoV-2 proteins" (although it may be from June 2020)

I'm also curious as to why the disinterest in crypto. I am not hugely swayed one way or the other, so its nice to hear peoples reasoning.

[0] https://foldingathome.org/data/?lng=en

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Re:Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess hom... by netizen-936824 on Monday January 17, 2022 @03:08PM (#29971157)
The energy use of proof of work crypto is terrible for the environment, that's at least the best argument I hear.

Better to use the energy for research imo

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