YSK: There is a list of volunteer computing projects where you can donate CPU/GPU time to help researchers globally with their scientific problems.
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I was going to mention ArchiveTeam's warrior because I thought it wouldn't be listed, since computing isn't really the important thing you're donating, more your virgin IP address and internet connection... but it's third on the list!
How much does it spam, if I run it am I likely to get ip banned anywhere?
...Or in trouble for 'visiting' unsavoury sites?
There are always several projects to choose from.
The URLs project plays it fast and loose and archives an assortment of random URLs. This one has an IP block warning.
Some have NSFW warnings.
Other projects aim to archive a single site as accurately as possible (possibly with a deadline when the site is shutting down), so they can't afford to have their warriors blocked or rate limited. If you are, that would be because of an issue. You can choose to archive sites you don't want to visit to avoid issues.
Ah, I thought it was just a monolithic app you set going and have no control over. Ty
np. Right now you could set it to ask.fm (shuts down dec 1.). Zero IP blocking or rate limiting. Puts your machine to good use.
Not all projects listed in the warrior are actually active. Check out https://tracker.archiveteam.org/ for all the current projects and see if the one you want to archive is actually active (has people receiving and sending in items)
Just limit it to one job per session.
I ran 3 continuous jobs while archiving reddit and could still connect without issue.
Finally something I am participating in ;)
