On 14/12/2020 10:15, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 09:50, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty > <hamis...@live.co.uk <mailto:hamis...@live.co.uk>> wrote: > > I was wondering, now that there are multiple vaccines in > development/in > use, whether we still think it's worth doing distributed computing for > COVID research. > > > I plan to continue for the moment at least. Even though the aim is to > find something new, which must then go through lengthy safety trials > etc, along the way some other insight might suggest a faster approach > using something pre-existing. In any case, at this point I have no > idea when vaccination might roll out to my age group; it's still > possible it would be after a safety trial of some new discovery. > > There are lots of things no-one knows about any of the vaccines, > notably how long they will last, or how long that time compares with > the time it would take to roll out a refresh. > > Tim. > */
That is very fair. I shan't stop completely then, and will keep it going on the Pi. The fan noise of the laptop 24/7 and increased fan noise on the desktop is getting a bit boring after several months XD. Hamish
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