Posts by Jim1348

41) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Too many WUs (Message 275)
Posted 29 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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I know it won't be an instant process and will likely take a solid 3 weeks or so to sort itself out. I do have a small cache of work here too. That always seems to work best.
To speed it up, you use a cc_config.xml file:

<cc_config>
  <options>	
  	<rec_half_life_days>1.000000</rec_half_life_days>
  </options>
</cc_config>

That should get it to converge within a couple of days.
I use a short cache too. It gives BOINC less of an opportunity to go wrong.
42) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Too many WUs (Message 271)
Posted 28 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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Honestly we're still figuring out the black magic of the BOINC scheduler. It is.... complex. As you'll see on other threads here.

I have had this problem (too many work units) more or less at random on various projects, starting with BOINC 7.16.3.
They changed the scheduler significantly at that time, though since nobody understood it to begin with, no one can say what the difference is.

I posted on it a few months ago on WCG, which should be the best-behaved project, but did not learn much.
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,41860
I think the problem may just go away with training, though whether on the server or the client end I have no idea. I still see it occasionally, mainly on new projects.
Hang in there.
43) Message boards : Science : News Article (Message 266)
Posted 28 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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This work is not as profound as the author implies it is. I'd enjoy reading the "An evolution-based model for designing chorismate mutase enzymes, Science (2020)" article but I'm not going to pay $15 for it.

OK, but let us know if it is worth investing in their company. That is what we really need to know.
44) Message boards : News : [TWIM Notes] Jul 25, 2020 (Message 247)
Posted 25 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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Forum posts are fine with me. But I have never had an admin ask if he was giving us too much news before.
I will have to recover from it.
45) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Validation errors. (Message 235)
Posted 24 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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Rosetta is very worthy. But it won't take much perusal of their forums to find all the complaints about their "inefficient" code.

But efficiency is a tricky concept. What are you comparing it to, and what are you trying to achieve?
If this project allows some artificial intelligence machine to discover a cure for COVID-19, then the validity errors won't matter.
46) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Validation errors. (Message 223)
Posted 23 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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Apparently you are not aware that not all projects yield deterministic results. That is, there is some randomness.
That is one of the reasons they have validity checks. Why do you think they send it out to two computers for comparison?
You might as well complain that they are wasting half their processing power if you like. Go where you want.
47) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Validation errors. (Message 216)
Posted 22 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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It is a minuscule invalid rate, around 1%.
I hope to increase my contribution this weekend when a machine becomes free.
48) Message boards : News : MLC@Home and CORAL (Message 176)
Posted 18 Jul 2020 by Jim1348
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This is the only non-physics or biomedical project I run on 11 machines. It looks very worthwhile, in an obscure subject matter for most of us.


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