Eggdodger Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 So, scrolling along in a productivity app I use to stay organized, I foundĀ The World Community Grid, a program that crowdsources volunteers' computers to aid in scientific research that would otherwise be costly or time consuming to compute. You can set when it works, and it monitors your resource usage in order to be unobtrusive to begin with-- amping up its allocation when you're just shitposting, and downscaling usage when you're playing a game. You can also choose what it works on-- currently, there are options to aid in the study of ebola, cancer, the zika virus and more. Basically, it barely costs you anything and it does a lot of good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 stuff like this is neato. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagged Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yeah, on paper it looks good but I did not buy my PC to do light stuff like... checking the email while looking for a cure to cancer or listening to music only. I play games so much I doubt my PC could afford to muster barely any computational cycles to a surely good cause As for shitposting in here, I do it on mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 While awesome I'm just by default leery about anything running anything on my computer without my say so. Plus it'd hardly help with my setup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 15 minutes ago, RhĆulchabĆ”n said: You're not gonna connect me to Skynet, I know your lies evil scientists... the machines will not overtake the world on my watch! So I'm not the only one who sees their sinister plot! Quickly, come with me if you want to live! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Lel, like, epic fail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggdodger Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 On 11/18/2016 at 3:02 PM, Feelwell the Rabbit said: While awesome I'm just by default leery about anything running anything on my computer without my say so. I mean, in that case, it's a good thing you voluntarily download it and it's developed by IBM, a generally trusted corporation. http://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/world-community-grid/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Eggdodger said: I mean, in that case, it's a good thing you voluntarily download it and it's developed by IBM, a generally trusted corporation. http://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/world-community-grid/ Oh by "without my say so" i mean them running calculations and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U-235 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I've got a pretty good gaming computer so I don't see why not. I'll give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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