folding@home and boinc
======================

when my home server has cpu to spare, i give it to volunteer computing.
folding@home simulates how proteins move and fold, for disease
research. boinc runs work for world community grid and milkyway@home.
i switch it on and off by hand, so some weeks it runs every night and
some weeks it doesn't run at all.

live numbers
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folding@home  donor dharun.dak, 8 threads, since 12 november 2026
boinc         world community grid and milkyway@home, 8 threads,
              through science united
live stats    curl -sL dharun.dev/api/science   (json, folding@home's
              public numbers, refreshed every 30 minutes)

how it's set up
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where         one container on the proxmox ve host, 16 threads, 4 gb.
              it doesn't start at boot.
priority      the lowest on the machine: nice 19, the idle scheduler,
              the smallest cpu weight. d's labs always wins.
one command   on, off, status, or finish (complete the current work
              units, then switch off).
backups       none, on purpose. work units are throwaway.
network       nothing in it is reachable from the internet.

keeping the power stage cool
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15 cores of science pulled 89 w at the cpu package; the power stage
settled at 62 degrees. a check on the host runs every 30 seconds: above
85 degrees for two minutes, the container shuts down and my phone gets
a notification.

join in
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folding@home  https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/
boinc         https://scienceunited.org

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