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Don't talk it down just because you don't like it and you are cheap I did Rosetta for years and I was fully aware what and why I was supporting it...

ramon156 3y ago
"because you are cheap" What a weird take.
- ang_cire 3y ago
  Expecting a monetary benefit from a BOINC project is the weird take.
underlogic 3y ago
Look if they want funding for their for profit venture they should just ask for your credit card number then go spend on AWS where the hardware is modern and the energy is efficiently used. But if they were upfront and asked directly for peoples hard earned money in exchange for nothing every sane human would say no, so there's this racket called boinc where they trick you into giving them your money indirectly and they laugh at you. You get a gold star if they find something with your "contribution". But they get a billion dollars for finding the next lucrative drug
- adastra22 3y ago
  This isn't pharmaceutical research.
  - underlogic 3y ago
    protein folding simulation is to find drug targets
- Rayston 3y ago
  not all (or even most) of them are profit ventures, like at all. There are some along those lines. I do Asteroids at home, they need help figuring out the shape and size of asteroids. The data is published for public use.
  - jarjar2_ 3y ago
    Link https://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/ https://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/
- Nonoyesnoyes 3y ago
  It's research. I benefit from it, you do too. It's the responsibility of the society to do research and just because some capitalism based entities also do this and also benefit from this doesn't matter. Start being less 'sane' if this holds you back formulating your own opinion or actions making society better ...
  - underlogic 3y ago
    not all research benefits society and what does usually benefits the wealthy, which boinc users almost certainly aren't. The wealthy expect a return on an investment
    - Nonoyesnoyes 3y ago
      Strong statement without any source or explanation. I don't buy that.
- Angostura 3y ago
  It’s a simple any easy way to donate which you can start and stop and any time without handing over any financial details. You could, for example just decide to crank it up when your solar panels are generating an excess and the export rate is low.
- mycologos 3y ago
  The insistence in both of your comments that the people at Boinc are not only taking advantage of people but "laugh[ing] at them" is odd. Why must your boogeyman be as unlikeable as possible?
  - underlogic 3y ago
    Well touché yes the truth is somewhere in the middle

ramon156 3y ago

"because you are cheap" What a weird take.

ang_cire 3y ago
Expecting a monetary benefit from a BOINC project is the weird take.

underlogic 3y ago

Look if they want funding for their for profit venture they should just ask for your credit card number then go spend on AWS where the hardware is modern and the energy is efficiently used. But if they were upfront and asked directly for peoples hard earned money in exchange for nothing every sane human would say no, so there's this racket called boinc where they trick you into giving them your money indirectly and they laugh at you. You get a gold star if they find something with your "contribution". But they get a billion dollars for finding the next lucrative drug

adastra22 3y ago
This isn't pharmaceutical research.
- underlogic 3y ago
  protein folding simulation is to find drug targets
Rayston 3y ago
not all (or even most) of them are profit ventures, like at all. There are some along those lines. I do Asteroids at home, they need help figuring out the shape and size of asteroids. The data is published for public use.
- jarjar2_ 3y ago
  Link https://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/ https://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/
Nonoyesnoyes 3y ago
It's research. I benefit from it, you do too. It's the responsibility of the society to do research and just because some capitalism based entities also do this and also benefit from this doesn't matter. Start being less 'sane' if this holds you back formulating your own opinion or actions making society better ...
- underlogic 3y ago
  not all research benefits society and what does usually benefits the wealthy, which boinc users almost certainly aren't. The wealthy expect a return on an investment
  - Nonoyesnoyes 3y ago
    Strong statement without any source or explanation. I don't buy that.
Angostura 3y ago
It’s a simple any easy way to donate which you can start and stop and any time without handing over any financial details. You could, for example just decide to crank it up when your solar panels are generating an excess and the export rate is low.
mycologos 3y ago
The insistence in both of your comments that the people at Boinc are not only taking advantage of people but "laugh[ing] at them" is odd. Why must your boogeyman be as unlikeable as possible?
- underlogic 3y ago
  Well touché yes the truth is somewhere in the middle