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The coronavirus pandemic turned Folding@Home into an exaFLOP supercomputer

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  1. [6]
    Icarus
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    With our collective power, we are now at ~2.4 exaFLOPS (faster than the top 500 supercomputers combined)! We complement supercomputers like IBM Summit, which runs short calculations using 1000s of...
    11 votes
    1. [5]
      sqew
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      I'm honestly a little scared of how much I'm enjoying seeing the number of points I've earned go up... There's a bit in the back of my brain that keeps going "how do I get more power behind this?...

      I'm honestly a little scared of how much I'm enjoying seeing the number of points I've earned go up... There's a bit in the back of my brain that keeps going "how do I get more power behind this? need more points". I feel like Gollum going after his precious in LOTR.

      2 votes
      1. [4]
        cfabbro
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        LOL, ditto. Gamification works remarkably well on me, apparently. And beyond just my personal score, I would also really love to see the Tildes team get into the top 1000 as well. Considering how...

        LOL, ditto. Gamification works remarkably well on me, apparently. And beyond just my personal score, I would also really love to see the Tildes team get into the top 1000 as well. Considering how small a community we are, that would be quite the accomplishment, IMO.

        1 vote
        1. [3]
          sqew
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          Kind of genius, the way that gamification keeps people contributing to F@H. Just switched my team over to Tildes (although it hurts to see my tracking on the EOC charts start over... lol).

          Kind of genius, the way that gamification keeps people contributing to F@H. Just switched my team over to Tildes (although it hurts to see my tracking on the EOC charts start over... lol).

          1 vote
          1. [2]
            cfabbro
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            Awesome, thanks for doing that! We can really use all the help we can get at this point, since we have unfortunately kinda stalled out over the last few days at around rank 1160... probably due to...

            Just switched my team over to Tildes

            Awesome, thanks for doing that! We can really use all the help we can get at this point, since we have unfortunately kinda stalled out over the last few days at around rank 1160... probably due to so many other teams also trying hard to get in the top 1000. :P

            1 vote
            1. sqew
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              Assuming I get work units constantly, I can pump out 400-600k daily, so hopefully I’ll be able to help bump us towards that top 1k goal.

              Assuming I get work units constantly, I can pump out 400-600k daily, so hopefully I’ll be able to help bump us towards that top 1k goal.

              2 votes
  2. [4]
    moocow1452
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    Do Your Part! Join Team Tildes and Test Your Metal, Today!
    5 votes
    1. [3]
      Icarus
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      I'm curious, what kind of specs do you have to reach 2.6 million credits and what settings you are using?

      I'm curious, what kind of specs do you have to reach 2.6 million credits and what settings you are using?

      4 votes
      1. [2]
        moocow1452
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        I'm using my VRish capable machine with a Radeon RX480 and Ryzen 3 1300, and it's been running consistently at full for about a month.

        I'm using my VRish capable machine with a Radeon RX480 and Ryzen 3 1300, and it's been running consistently at full for about a month.

        5 votes
        1. Icarus
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          Awesome! I have an RX590 and Ryzen 5 2600 so you are getting some real bang for your buck! I tried running mine at full speed but my system kept locking up randomly.

          Awesome! I have an RX590 and Ryzen 5 2600 so you are getting some real bang for your buck! I tried running mine at full speed but my system kept locking up randomly.

          3 votes