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I will be reaching out to people in the coming weeks in regards to forming the team for folding month 2020, if anyone has helped out with a previous event and would like to lend a hand on this one please do drop me a message on here and I will take note of your interest!
 
I will be posting more details when it becomes relevant to do so.
 
Also I will be talking with LMG to see about them sorting prizes and the like as they have done for the folding month events in the past. usually I end up leaving this too late so I'm trying to keep on top of it this year. 
 
Finally, A big thank you to everyone who is or have folded, and a special thank you to the guys that help new members and keep this thread alive, you are appreciated!
 
@leadeater or @palespartan can one of you pin this up top so people can see it please. 

Good news!!! I have excaped from hospital and according to the experts I am not going to die anytime soon ( at least not from cancer). After a full review of all scans and test results from the expert neurologists at salford royal it would seem I did not infact have any new brain turmors but the damage and swelling was a result of the last lot of radiation treament i had back in March so it is now just a case of getting the swelling under control and stopping any new seizures from happening which can be done with meds while I am at home.  😀

glad to have started! i recently lost a close relative to cancer so a good cause to get into!

just saying

Just cooking dinner then after its in my stomach I'll get round to distributing the prizes. 
 
As always thank you for your understanding here!

I think you mean 2160SuperTi?

Guys I hopefully will be getting back to your PMs later today.
 
I just got clipped by a car on my way back from the supermarket on my bike so if I don't get back to you please be understanding of the fact.  
 
 
EDIT: I'm okay for the most part, hurt my wrist and shaken up, but I'm okay, just thought I'd add this so everyone doesnt need to ask!

Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster.
 
I wanted to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for this thread and the people within it.  Over the course of this pandemic, I have consistently used these threads as a means of catharsis - reading about the mad rush(es) to assimilate hardware (and the electricity bills that come with that), overloading the FAH collection servers until they were super-saturated with WUs, and working together to get each other's clients working.  These daily updates have gone a long way in keeping me sane (hopefully?).
 
I will also echo a number of people and send a boatload of gratitude to @GOTSpectrum.  Thank you for hosting all of the folding events that you have done, as I certainly couldn't juggle everything all at once.
 
In the end, though, words are nice, but actions are nicer.  While I only currently have a R7 3700X to offer (I'm currently running Ubuntu 19.10, for gaming reasons, and I haven't heard good reports about 20.04 and RX5700s), I thought I would further show my thanks by joining team 223518.

I intend to be more active in the future, particularly in regards to Folding and Linux.  I'm hoping I can get my card up and running and actually get some GPU WUs in my scoreboard.

Many thanks!
 

Hello, I don't usually post, but I am enjoying participating. Tis good fun.

Some observations from folding in the cloud...
 
As many of you know, I fold entirely in the cloud. I've evolved my software to scour the planet for the cheapest GPU instances and grab them on the spot market. When the price is cheap, my software will spin up to 10 GPU containers on g4dn.xlarge and commence folding. What I've discovered this week is how dynamic the market can be.
 
It's been a nice exercise in Infrasctructure As Code, software development, DevOps, and git.
 
Mumbai is a complete tease. Crazy cheap GPU instances that last for a couple hours then get interrupted. There must be some big customer workloads that run a few times a day and interrupt the spot market.
 
Canada has been steady eddy. I suspect there is more capacity than demand in Canada. It's not the very cheapest but was never interrupted.
 
West coast was a mixed bag. Ran about 85% of the time uninterrupted and at a good rate.
 
After the contest, I'm dedicating most of my GPU budget back to my crazy moonshot project. Real-time deep fakes at high quality. Would anyone be interested in a livestream of how to cloud fold or do deep fakes or other interesting cloud stuff? Gauging interest. My daughter is a professional twitch streamer so I'm sure she can get me started.

Commin for ya @cbigfoot!  If given enough time, I will now catch up!!!
 
 

 

No matter the strength of your rig, everyone is happy to have you on board.  Donating your time, resources, and energy bill to a good cause is awesome; the ranks are just for fun!  And Sh*t-talking, which is just more fun.  

Meanwhile in NZ

Well, some people have shared about why they're folding, so maybe I can do the same! I lost a cousin to a rare form of brain cancer over 10 years ago, we weren't that close but it still hit home. Then, my mom passed away 3 weeks ago. She had dementia but basically "natural causes" was put on the death certificate. However, my main focus is on COVID-19, as it's done quite the number on my anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. 
 
I have a weaksauce rig (AMD FX-8320 & R9 290) but every little bit helps! I keep dropping ranks; I know it's just for bragging rights but dang! I wanna build a new computer! Lack of money. 🤬

Date import successful, blog post will be up at some point soon 

@LAR_Systems Pretty cool chrome extension, thanks !
 
I got my trusty vega56 crunching away, dang that thing is a space heater...
Not going crazy this time 🙃 sick at home 😷 (covid negatif) with 30°C in the study, can't really push much more than that. If I find the energy (or the itch grow too much) I might connect on my work account sometimes and then... 😜
 
Good folding you all, and as usual big thanks to @GOTSpectrum and his little helpers for organizing all that !
 
 

@LAR_Systems Pretty cool chrome extension, thanks !
 
I got my trusty vega56 crunching away, dang that thing is a space heater...
Not going crazy this time 🙃 sick at home 😷 (covid negatif) with 30°C in the study, can't really push much more than that. If I find the energy (or the itch grow too much) I might connect on my work account sometimes and then... 😜
 
Good folding you all, and as usual big thanks to @GOTSpectrum and his little helpers for organizing all that !
 
 

If my day job is any indicator... marketing.

Some of the best folding cards I have used are Zotac minis... they just work... they are small and show an ugly pcb, making lots of noise with two smaller fans on an ITX sized card.

But marketing...

Someone feels like they really bought something that comes in a big box... that's heavy... with a giant heatsync 2-3 big fans... an extra 6 pin needed on top of the 8 pin... RGB FOR FPS GLORY!!!  OMFG METAL BACKPLATE!!!!

And it's the same processor and ram and wattage as the ugly mini card for 150-250$ more.

Like does a 2060 Super need the same 3 fan, 3 slot cooler as as a 2080ti... no... but it feels like a chonkey boy when you unbox it..

Of course you then have the slot issue and building additional systems... but everyone here probably likes building computers
 

Sorry guys, its been run over today and I need sleep, so here are ranks only.
 
 

Massive thunderstrom in an area of town where the power grid has been poorly maintained since the 70s...
 
My own power installation is technically illegal!!!
 
Wish me luck people!  

can everyone thank @Jawa_Juice for their generous donation of two 20USD steam keys to the prize pool!

Final testing of the sheet is complete, all behaviour within expected parameters. 
 
Looks like we are go for event. 
 
I know by this point the tests are most probably unnecessary but I like to check everything still works as expected regardless. 
 
It is 5 hours 15 minutes till the event starts, happy folding everyone and have a good event.  

Still generally hiding from it and was told "We aren't rich and can't afford to help right now" which is true, unfortunately. I'd need to start paying that particular bill to cease the complaints and even I'm strained too until a few things settle down (car I needed to get in late November didn't help, THAT was more stress than I'd like to both find and figure out how to be able to pay for).

Welcome aboard. Don't forget to get your badge when you hit 1M.