While I’m taking a break from gaming (at least six months), I don’t want my 3080 to sit unused. If you know of other projects that are both ethical and sustainable, please do share!
When I was younger, I used to do LHC@home and SETI@home through BOINIC.
IMHO, SETI is an astronomical waste of time
Whatever might be out there is too far away
Yeah that was why I mostly did LHC@home. I was a big physics dork in high school and was obsessed with it.
Wait, there’s a cure?
BOINC is still probably the gold standard for distributed compute. You ca n choose multiple projects to contribute to based on what you’d like to support (mathematics, astronomy, medical/biology, etc)
That said, consider that power on loaded time does add gradual wear to electronic components.
I used to run multiple crunching machines pre 2020, but I admit In the current market I mothballed them all both for power cost and for long term stability. I need my current hardware stack to last until 2032 most likely, and I’d rather not be hammering it with a 24/7 load that entire time, because they are basically unreplacable now.Folding@home must be the most famous one.
More famous than SETI@Home?
I’d argue that it’s slightly less famous but heaps more useful
It’s definitely more useful. I don’t think there’s any argument about that.
I use an old Android tablet for this https://blog.torproject.org/snowflake-volunteer-standalone-app-to-help-people-bypass-censorship/
Sweet! I am already using the browser extension, so this will be a nice addition! :D
I’m not sure if this one’s still distributed, but I did a video on one that’s working on developing adversarial visual patterns to beat ALPR cameras: NoRecognition.
Here’s the video if you’re interested in learning more via video.
Thres better stuff out there, but if you like bullshit generators (AKA DND like experiences) and using open compute theres https://aihorde.net/
Use your hardware on scientific computing first of course , but if your going to have generators/AI in your life, might as well make it your own and the communities rather than big corporations.
Theres also self hosting for websites. Matrix/a fediverse server, etc…and open that up for people to join. Only if you want to of course.
Theres also https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ if its still a thing.
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Thanks! I currently have no ambitions regarding LLMs. But!
Theres also self hosting for websites. Matrix/a fediverse server, etc…and open that up for people to join. Only if you want to of course.
This has interested me for quite some time! The only thing standing in the way is that I don’t have the mental capacity to moderate. I do have a 1 Gbps connection, a few TBs of storage and a public IP with which to contribute, theoretically speaking. 🛠️
Personally i would start small then. Theres tiny stuff like snac, gotosocial, and such. Or hosting your own lemmy/piefed whatever single user.
If you want a pretty good beginner ready setup, yunohost is good for a lot for small to medium sized systems. Its what I use for my family and I love it. But a lot of experienced people will say its a bit too handholdy.
Good luck!
