Ash HN: How can I make my idle CPU time useful to others?

• boinc

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  Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

  

You can pick a program that you want to contribute at BOINC[1], which lets you help cutting-edge science research using your computer. The BOINC app, running on your computer, downloads scientific computing jobs and runs them invisibly in the background. It's easy and safe.

If you want to contribute to people working on climate, then ClimatePrediction is a good option (they use BOINC) - https://www.climateprediction.net

1. https://boinc.berkeley.edu

• holofuel-model

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  A model of the Holo Fuel value-stable currency system.

  

If you don't really understand what you're reading -- I'd recommend not downvoting. Instead, do a bit of research!

Just today, an article was published noting that, if AI becomes a significant proportion of modern productivity, then “When compute becomes the basic unit of labor, a currency to represent future potential compute is needed.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36761430

I personally modelled just such a thing early in the evolution of the Holo project, to see how value-stabilization algorithms might affect a currency denominated in compute, bandwidth and storage:

https://github.com/Holo-Host/holofuel-model

Attempting to account for fraud, attacks, etc. is a significant concern in any system, but especially those involving running arbitrary attacker-controlled code on systems managing valuable resources.

So, by downvoting in ignorance, you are diminishing the value of this platform for those seeking the distilled wisdom it (formerly?) contained.

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

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