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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/5970321

The BOINC Census is back for another year! 🎉

If you use BOINC, we want to hear your thoughts! Take the survey with the link below 👇

Should only take 5 min and your response could help shape the future of the community 😁

https://forms.fillout.com/t/n33grsgkeRus

The BOINC Census is a project of the Science Commons Initiative, a 501(c)(3) non-profit rebuilding the bridge of trust and participation between the public and science.

Happy crunching! 🚀

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/3236767

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/3236620

The 7.24.1 version of the BOINC client software has been released for Windows, OSX, and Android. Download it here: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php.

Release notes:

• improve implementation of CPU throttling
• the default value for the "suspend_if_no_recent_input" pref is 0, not 60
• if sched request fails, show the scheduler URL (that might be the problem)
• Show alert if idle time to resume computing is greater than idle time to suspend computing
• ignore old prefs sent by projects or AM
• avoid overscheduling CPUs in presence of MT jobs
• Manager: computing prefs dialog bug
• Manager: Add button in event log to display only alerts (errors)
• Manager: Improve consistency of control labels and accelerators
• Manager: Show native names for language options, and only those for which translations are available
• Android: if suspend because of battery heat or charge, don't resume for at least 5 minutes.
• Mac: Support Dark Mode in Advanced View
• Mac: Add standard command-comma shortcut for Preferences menu item

OSSCi (non-profit working on open source science tools) is working on a project that maps the OSS ecosystem, specifically tools that are used in science, and we're starting with generative AI, machine learning, and materials science. Here's a very very very minimal demo of the map:

https://map.opensource.science/

and here's a discourse forum we're collecting info on

https://community.opensource.science/t/mapping-the-oss-tool-landscape/28