stfn :raspberrypi: :python: (npub154d…gctc) jogged my memory by recently highlighting the community "distributed supercomputer" dedicated to science: BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing):
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Now my computer is using its idle cycles to crunch data from gravitational-wave detectors courtesy of Einstein@Home:
https://einsteinathome.org/about
#BOINC #DistributedComputing #VolunteerComputing #GravitationalWaves #NeutronStars #Physics #Space #Linux