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[SRBase] base R684 Megaprime / proven
A lucky hit after starting the Formula BOINC challenge.
416Ed4Gqcz8tpVzmSFSdVynvgyKP found a megaprime for base R684.
The prime 39*684^519468-1 has 1.472.723 digits and entered the TOP5000 in Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database. With this find it also has proven the base!
View article · Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:44:22 +0000
[SRBase] base R684 Megaprime / proven
A lucky hit after starting the Formula BOINC challenge.
416Ed4Gqcz8tpVzmSFSdVynvgyKP found a megaprime for base R684.
The prime 39*684^519468-1 has 1.472.723 digits and entered the TOP5000 in Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database. With this find it also has proven the base!
View article · Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:44:22 +0000
[SRBase] Formula BOINC 2023 24.08.2023 23:00 (UTC) - 27.08.2023 22:59 (UTC)
The project was choosen. Pls note that the linux app suspending is still not working.
Welcome to everyone!
View article · Fri, 25 Aug 2023 04:32:25 +0000
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Italian Masters thesis on BOINC
Check out The democratization of science: Analysis of the voluntary distributed
computing platform BOINC, a Masters thesis by Antonio Cerrato. Also in the original Italian.
6 Aug 2023, 16:13:06 UTC
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Client version 7.22 released
A new version of the BOINC client is available for Windows, Mac, and Android. Download it here. Release notes are here. Thanks to BOINC volunteer developers and testers.
21 Jun 2023, 23:20:38 UTC
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Control BOINC from Home Assistant
A control for BOINC is available for the Home Assistant home automation system, making it possible to control BOINC in response to various environmental factors.
30 May 2023, 7:58:34 UTC
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