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Re:Boinc lets you help cutting-edge science research using y... by huuhee3 on Sunday March 17, 2024 @02:14PM (#39736591)
Price doesn't matter if you were going to use that electricity for heating anyway. Mostly the project are run by universities funded by tax payers, and don't exist to make any profit. Ever heard of charity?
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Re:Boinc lets you help cutting-edge science research using y... by adastra22 on Sunday March 17, 2024 @03:29PM (#39737241)
Heat pumps would be more efficient than resistive heating in silicon circuits.
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Re:Boinc lets you help cutting-edge science research using y... by fnordpiglet on Sunday March 17, 2024 @03:46PM (#39737392)
But they don’t find aliens or fold proteins at the same time.
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Re:Boinc lets you help cutting-edge science research using y... by beardog on Sunday March 17, 2024 @02:36PM (#39736786)
You can also recoup some of the cost by attaching your Boinc to Gridcoin: https://gridcoin.us/
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