Someone remind me to set this up today. This is gonna by my first time folding. I won’t be able to do much due to my low specs, but I figure I will try
Someone remind me to set this up today. This is gonna by my first time folding. I won’t be able to do much due to my low specs, but I figure I will try
Someone remind me to set this up today. This is gonna by my first time folding. I won’t be able to do much due to my low specs, but I figure I will try
Someone remind me to set this up today. This is gonna by my first time folding. I won’t be able to do much due to my low specs, but I figure I will try
Someone remind me to set this up today. This is gonna by my first time folding. I won’t be able to do much due to my low specs, but I figure I will try
Someone remind me to set this up today. This is gonna by my first time folding. I won’t be able to do much due to my low specs, but I figure I will try
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This event will be eligible for F@H event badges.
This is the 3rd official folding month, and with that, silver badges will be awarded to people who have participated in both previous folding month events.
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Please read the whole of this post before asking any questions and use the links provided at the end for help and support!
Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes
20 Days with activity*, 500,000 Points & 40 WU
(*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period)
These must be met DURING the event. Points produced before the start date do not count!
Prizes!!!
Community donated prizes:
100USD Newegg Gift Card - Donated by @Zberg
All Ranks
50EUR Steam Gift Card - Donated by @RollinLower
Ranks 1-24
3x 50USD Steam Gift cards - Donated by @Jawa_Juice
Ranks 25-49, 50-74, 75-99
A total of 150USD of amazon vouchers to be shared among ranks. - Donated by @marknd59*
50USD Ranks 100-149
30USD Ranks 150-199
20USD Ranks 200-249
5x 10USD All ranks
2x 20EUR Steam Gift Card - Donated by @RollinLower
All Ranks
10EUR Steam Gift Card - Donated by @RollinLower
All Ranks
5x 10GBP Steam Gift Cards - Donated by @marknd59
All Ranks
25x Random steam Keys - Donated by The Community Pool
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12x Random Steam Keys -Donated by @GOTSpectrum
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More details of the prizes and ranks will be released closer to the start of the event.
*To claim the amazon voucher you must PM me with your email and the amazon domain you use for your nationality, you will then receive a voucher with the nearest amount available in your own currency.
Folding@home is a network of volunteer computers distributed around the world that aims to perform biomedical research with the single intent of helping to further understand and develop cures for a range of diseases such as; Alzheimer's, cancer, and Parkinson's. The exact research that is done is simulating the 'folding' of proteins in the body, this is important because the function of a protein id directly related to its physical shape. And this, when the protein is created in the body it needs to reshuffle its shape to get into the correct structure to perform its task. Many illnesses can be linked to faulty proteins in the body such as many cancers and neurological issues, along with a wide number of other general health concerns. This network if compared with the TOP500 list of supercomputers would outclass every single entry on the list, Folding@home is the world's fastest computing systems, with a speed of approximately 2.1 exaFLOPS. It is significantly faster than any compute system ever created and faster than even the fastest current such systems in the design phase.
If you are wondering what exactly has been done with all this computing power then you can check out the papers written by the scientists and researchers that use the folding network, I will warn you though many of them are very in depth reads and in turn this means they are often fairly technical.
https://foldingathome.org/papers-results/
To qualify for badges you must meet the minimum requirements for participation which for this event will be as follows minimum requirements: 500k points, 40WUs, and 20 days of activity over the course of the whole month. This is subject to change for future events as we find out what the sweet spot is to include as many people as possible but not make it too easy to just get a free badge.
PASSKEYS! (they're really important)
Don't forget to get yourself a passkey from the link below to ensure that you hit the points requirement, the passkey is a feature that was added a while ago to the Folding Client that helps to authenticate each user on the network, an added bonus of this is the fact that it allows you to qualify for QRB(Quick Return Bonus) Points, QRBs are extra points you earn for submitting work units more quickly, such as if you have faster hardware or let the client fold full time, rather than on idle. QRB credit is awarded after 10 WUs have been submitted. You can get your passkey from the link below.
https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey
COVID-19
COVID-19 still remains a massive prority for Foldin@Home, we are here to continue to unite with the legion of other folders from around the globe who have taken up the fight against COVID-19.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common across the world. These viruses can cause mild symptoms ranging from a fever and cough to more serious conditions such as severe pneumonia, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.
In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) was first identified in Wuhan City, China. This virus has now spread to affect practically every human population on the planet. It is the largest health crisis seen in 100 years and a massive global concerted effort has been launched to find a cure, a vaccine or even the simplest form of treatment. And that is where folding@home comes in, partnered with The Covid Moonshot team; the folding network is being used to find existing drugs that could prove to be an effective treatment for the virus.
This is just a PSA for the new guys here, the folding team is a small close knit community, so here's a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. It doesn't hurt to say thank you, if someone has genuinely helped you out don't forget to drop a reaction on their posts, help others where ever you can and finally we are a team first and always.
Check your stats out here! Bare in mind it can take some time for your first WUs to appear so leave it a day or two.
https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php
Please follow the guides below to help with set-up and troubleshooting. These are mostly older guides but are still quite useful for most things.
The only antivirus I use personally is Malwarebytes. I work in IT and there's too much wrong with the others, I've seen some BS with Mcafee, AVG, Avast, Norton, etc. They all suck up resources and miss a ton of stuff.
Edit: Even Malwarebytes can have it's issues, all AVs do, but it's a lot better than the others out there.
I wouldn’t suggest a 1060 3gb in 2020 unless you plan on sticking to lower end titles, even then i wouldn’t recommend it. If you can put a few more dollars aside you can look into an rx 580 (I believe those are still relevant, I’ve been gone for a while
simple, buy in canada, cross the border in maine and no laws were broken
(just looked it up, legal in maine)
i should probably exclude myself from this talk though and clear my history becaus my mom finna look at it and see i am looking up weed laws and such (i’m 15 ??)
As a separate bit of advice, if your thread gets locked, don't create another thread discussing either the original matter of the topic, or the locking of the thread.........................................................