Re: [Dorset] Distributed computing for COVID
On 14/12/2020 10:15, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 09:50, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty > 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 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-01-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Distributed computing for COVID
On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 09:50, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty 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. */ -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-01-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Distributed computing for COVID
On Monday, 14 December 2020 09:50:36 GMT Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty 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've already stopped doing Rosetta@Home using BOINC because the 2020.10 update to Kubuntu broke it. Even back in October it looked as though work on COVID had all but stopped on Rosetta, so I didn't expend too much energy trying to fix the problem. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-01-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] Distributed computing for COVID
Hi all, 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. Currently I have an old laptop and a Pi 3 doing this 24/7, and my desktop does it when it's on while I work. I'm thinking I might scale back to just using the Pi since it's always on anyway. Thoughts? Hamish signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-01-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
