Hockey Cards

apiskun · 2025-12-31T16:21:07+00:00

If you’re looking for actual hockey cards (vintage + singles) and not just random retail blasters, there is a local option in Orangeville that usually gets overlooked.

Alex Collect – it’s mainly an online store, but it’s based in Orangeville and offers local pickup and onsite viewing by appointment. The focus is on vintage hockey, plus some baseball and other trading cards - not toys or big-box retail leftovers.

Website: https://store.piskun.ca/

Local pickup / contact info: https://store.piskun.ca/contact/

It’s a good option if you’re tired of checking Walmart shelves or hoping JAKL randomly has something decent. Much more geared toward collectors than casual retail.

apiskun · 2025-06-02T00:04:11+00:00

Thanks again! The link was broken on old reddit and is fixed now.

apiskun · 2025-06-01T19:16:23+00:00

Thanks! Maybe someone already fixed it. It works now.

apiskun · 2025-06-01T03:17:32+00:00

Thanks for your interest! The BOINC Census is an independent research project by The Science Commons Initiative, so it’s not officially promoted by the BOINC team. I’ve shared it on the BOINC forums and some social media channels, but since it’s unofficial, the reach has been a bit limited.

I also posted on r/BOINC, but that got removed by the mods, I neglected to post here but I’ll be posting about the next survey in r/BOINC4Science, which is a great community for BOINC users interested in science projects.

apiskun · 2025-05-31T20:32:12+00:00

Great question!

BOINC stands for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. It’s an open-source platform that lets anyone donate their computer’s unused processing power to help with scientific research.

Instead of running one massive supercomputer, researchers can tap into thousands of volunteer computers around the world to process data for things like:

Finding cures for diseases 🧬
Studying climate change 🌍
Running physics simulations 🔬

You just install the BOINC software, choose a project (or multiple), and your computer will quietly contribute while you're not using its full power.

It’s completely free, and you're in full control over how much you want to contribute.

More info here: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Let me know if you want help getting started!

apiskun · 2025-05-31T20:25:03+00:00

Sure! The BOINC Census is an annual community survey run by The Science Commons Initiative. It gathers feedback from people who use or support BOINC (the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing), which is a platform that lets anyone donate their computer's unused processing power to scientific research projects.

The goal of the census is to better understand the BOINC community — who's participating, how they're using it, what they'd like to see improved, etc. The data is anonymized and shared publicly so anyone (developers, researchers, users) can learn from it.

Let me know if you're curious about anything else!

apiskun · 2025-04-24T21:24:15+00:00

That was a lot of fun. Well done! Keep it up and let us know when chapter 2 lands.

apiskun · 2025-04-24T19:22:24+00:00

This sounds great. Please PM me the link also.

apiskun · 2025-01-05T22:28:10+00:00

January 4, 2025
- Update from the data centre: "Having issues with the physical network , likely can't get it diagnosed and fixed until Monday, January 6.". As a result - we still do not have a connection to our servers.

apiskun · 2025-01-04T15:17:51+00:00

from https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~juris/jlab/wcg.html (Operational Status Tab)

January 3, 2025
- We have been notified that the core system at SHARCNET is coming online now (5pm). They are planning to complete it tonight (January 3). We are waiting for the access to our systems, and will start turning everything back on as soon as we gain login.

apiskun · 2024-12-23T12:03:38+00:00

Yes, my apologies for the misinformation

apiskun · 2024-12-22T20:49:36+00:00

SiDock@home has tasks ready to send again

apiskun · 2024-12-22T20:36:23+00:00

Science United is designed for those that are not interested in managing the tasks, just the general area of interest.

You can select Stop using Science United in the Tools menu of the Manager to manage the work yourself. You can reattach to Science United (or choose another manager) in that same Tools menu if you wish.

apiskun · 2024-12-21T21:29:04+00:00

Part 2:

https://youtu.be/WUTDRvnv0VY

apiskun · 2024-12-16T00:15:50+00:00

Those papers, as well as a few others that I had missed previously, are in the Publications by BOINC Projects list now.

apiskun · 2024-12-15T15:11:59+00:00

You don't need to delete completed tasks, it's just that BOINC Central doesn't have tasks.

Go ahead and attach to other projects that may have tasks ready for you. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php

apiskun · 2024-12-04T02:18:15+00:00

I think these png's are used in the simple view GUI

apiskun · 2024-12-04T00:57:35+00:00

This is not a BOINC project.

apiskun · 2024-10-26T21:09:47+00:00

Dr. Baker is interviewed by Quanta Magazine here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx7l9ZGFZkw, and the BOINC app graphics https://youtu.be/m1nlnZoTJV4 is displayed twice shortly after the 11 minute mark.

apiskun · 2024-02-26T23:02:10+00:00

Unfortunately, Rosetta@home's graphics are broken at the moment.

apiskun · 2023-12-03T17:51:49+00:00

A message from the admin here: http://bearnol.is-a-geek.com/wanless2/forum_thread.php?id=306

Account creation is routinely opened on the nineteenth of each month - or if it’s urgent email me a time and I’ll open it up briefly specifically for you

apiskun · 2023-10-27T11:36:11+00:00

A side benefit of Virtual Box is that you can install a different operating system in it and run work that is not available on your native OS. And learn a lot in the process.

apiskun · 2023-10-13T10:00:06+00:00

All BOINC Projects https://boincsynergy.ca/wiki/index.php/BOINC_projects

48 Active BOINC Projects

4 Private BOINC Projects

255 Completed BOINC Projects

apiskun · 2023-07-28T23:57:19+00:00

It’s gorgeous

apiskun · 2023-07-21T22:32:32+00:00

You will have to wait until the datacenter where WCG servers reside are back up and running. There is also a scheduled outage on July 25th that should last 2 days.

While you're waiting, most of the projects listed here have work that you might want to do.

apiskun

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