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'''Charity Engine''' is a volunteer distributed computing project founded in 2008. It is based on Berkeley University's BOINC software, and has been noted for its contributions to protein folding, and for finding several solutions to the "sum of three cubes" problem.
'''Charity Engine''' is a volunteer distributed computing project founded in 2008. It is based on Berkeley University's BOINC software, and has been noted for its contributions to protein folding, and for finding several solutions to the "sum of three cubes" problem.


In early 2022, [[apgsearch]] was added to the list of projects Charity Engine conducts. [[Haul]]s from the soup searching program are uploaded to [[Catagolue]] under the username '''TechnobladeNeverDies''', an account owned by Darren Li, who developed the specific patch to apgsearch that is used on Charity Engine.{{refn|group=note|The account username is a reference to the YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/c/Technoblade Technoblade].}} The network is consistently searching several trillion [[soup]]s per day, and TechnobladeNeverDies is currently the most prolific contributor in the history of soup searching. The first hauls from Charity Engine were submitted to Catagolue on January 6, 2022.<ref name="message928819605491822623" />
In early 2022, [[apgsearch]] was added to the list of projects Charity Engine conducts. [[Haul]]s from the soup searching program are uploaded to [[Catagolue]] under the username '''TechnobladeNeverDies''', an account owned by Darren Li, who developed the specific patch to apgsearch that is used on Charity Engine.{{refn|group=note|The account username is a reference to the YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/c/Technoblade Technoblade].}} The network is consistently searching hundreds of billions of [[soup]]s per day, and TechnobladeNeverDies is currently the most prolific contributor in the history of soup searching. The first hauls from Charity Engine were submitted to Catagolue on January 6, 2022.<ref name="message928819605491822623" />


Notable discoveries include:
Notable discoveries include:

Revision as of 15:13, 4 July 2022

Charity Engine
Homepage Click here
Purpose Distributed computing
Created by The Worldwide Computer Company Limited
Platform Windows, Mac, Linux, Android

Charity Engine is a volunteer distributed computing project founded in 2008. It is based on Berkeley University's BOINC software, and has been noted for its contributions to protein folding, and for finding several solutions to the "sum of three cubes" problem.

In early 2022, apgsearch was added to the list of projects Charity Engine conducts. Hauls from the soup searching program are uploaded to Catagolue under the username TechnobladeNeverDies, an account owned by Darren Li, who developed the specific patch to apgsearch that is used on Charity Engine.[note 1] The network is consistently searching hundreds of billions of soups per day, and TechnobladeNeverDies is currently the most prolific contributor in the history of soup searching. The first hauls from Charity Engine were submitted to Catagolue on January 6, 2022.[1]

Notable discoveries include:

Patterns found by Charity Engine

Notes

  1. ↑ The account username is a reference to the YouTuber Technoblade.

References

  1. ↑ very (Darren Li) (January 6, 2022). Message in #tools on the Conwaylife Lounge Discord server
  2. ↑ Ian07 (January 13, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. ↑ Ian07 (February 21, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  4. ↑ David Raucci (February 11, 2022). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  5. ↑ dani (February 12, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  6. ↑ dani (February 15, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  7. ↑ dani (February 15, 2022). Re: Gun Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  8. ↑ cvojan (February 24, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  9. ↑ cvojan (March 4, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  10. ↑ David Raucci (April 2, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  11. ↑ dani (April 11, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  12. ↑ cvojan (May 18, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  13. ↑ Tanner Jacobi (May 28, 2022). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  14. ↑ EvinZL (June 30, 2022). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums