Oh, like BOINC? I loved SETI@home and the protein folding projects for medical research!
Wait, you mean mandatory, secret distributed computing just to offload expense from an insatiable mega-conglomerate to its users products? GTFOooooooooo…
Unfortunately (IMHO) they switched to requiring GPU, rather than CPU, processing some time back - for understandable reasons - and that makes the power consumption an issue.
No longer can you do screensaver/idle or shared use without your GPU pegging at 100% while the fans imitate jet engines (the last time I checked). 😟
Google is making your personal computer do work for them, without asking.
Oh, like BOINC? I loved SETI@home and the protein folding projects for medical research!
Wait, you mean mandatory, secret distributed computing just to offload expense from an insatiable mega-conglomerate to its
usersproducts? GTFOooooooooo…I hate this timeline.
Those days were so filled with optimism and wonder.
I haven’t thought about the project in a long time, it looks like it’s still alive and well.
It is! (Or they are!)
Unfortunately (IMHO) they switched to requiring GPU, rather than CPU, processing some time back - for understandable reasons - and that makes the power consumption an issue.
No longer can you do screensaver/idle or shared use without your GPU pegging at 100% while the fans imitate jet engines (the last time I checked). 😟