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		Rayston on March 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boinc lets you help cutting-edge science research ... ??? For the majority of boinc projects its just citizen science, they results are published for free. No money is involved. I donate my computer time (and corresponding electricity costs) to projects I believe in or find interesting.

agilob on March 17, 2024 [–]

Dude above said "electric bill", compute on older hardware is expensive. Modern hardware will be considered expensive in a few years too.

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