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FoldingAtHome / coronavirus

coronavirus

Folding@home COVID-19 efforts

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2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.1KGitHub stars
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Folding@home COVID-19 efforts

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by 6-hour interval2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-03-15 16:45:51 UTC to 2020-03-20 15:56:14 UTC.

012020-03-15 12:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-15 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsMar 15, 12:002020-03-15 18:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-16 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-16 06:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-16 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-16 12:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-16 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-16 18:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-17 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-17 06:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-17 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-17 12:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-17 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-17 18:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-18 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMar 18, 00:002020-03-18 06:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-18 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-18 12:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-18 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-18 18:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-19 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-19 06:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-19 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-19 12:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-19 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-19 18:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-20 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-20 06:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-20 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-20 12:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-20 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 20, 12:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Mar 15, 12:002020-03-15 12:00:00 UTC2020-03-15 18:00:00 UTC110
Mar 15, 18:002020-03-15 18:00:00 UTC2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 16, 00:002020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-16 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 16, 06:002020-03-16 06:00:00 UTC2020-03-16 12:00:00 UTC000
Mar 16, 12:002020-03-16 12:00:00 UTC2020-03-16 18:00:00 UTC000
Mar 16, 18:002020-03-16 18:00:00 UTC2020-03-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 17, 00:002020-03-17 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-17 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 17, 06:002020-03-17 06:00:00 UTC2020-03-17 12:00:00 UTC000
Mar 17, 12:002020-03-17 12:00:00 UTC2020-03-17 18:00:00 UTC000
Mar 17, 18:002020-03-17 18:00:00 UTC2020-03-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 18, 00:002020-03-18 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-18 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 18, 06:002020-03-18 06:00:00 UTC2020-03-18 12:00:00 UTC000
Mar 18, 12:002020-03-18 12:00:00 UTC2020-03-18 18:00:00 UTC000
Mar 18, 18:002020-03-18 18:00:00 UTC2020-03-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 19, 00:002020-03-19 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-19 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 19, 06:002020-03-19 06:00:00 UTC2020-03-19 12:00:00 UTC000
Mar 19, 12:002020-03-19 12:00:00 UTC2020-03-19 18:00:00 UTC000
Mar 19, 18:002020-03-19 18:00:00 UTC2020-03-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20, 00:002020-03-20 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-20 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20, 06:002020-03-20 06:00:00 UTC2020-03-20 12:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20, 12:002020-03-20 12:00:00 UTC2020-03-20 18:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Make sure to contribute GPU resources as the CPU ones aren't being used for C19 research. EDIT: I have heard that CPU is also getting C19 research but not exclusively. Here is a better link with more details: https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/coronavirus/blob/master/REA... FreeBSD port: https://www.leidinger.net/blog/2020/03/19/fighting-the-coron... NixOS port: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/fight-covid-19-with-folding-ho...
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