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johncmacalister2010@gmail.com
Veteran Cruncher Canada Joined: Nov 16, 2010 Post Count: 799 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I last received TB tasks in May 2019. I don't understand the posts here: I will leave TB as one of my projects and hope to receive some work......
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Macroman
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Jun 4, 2005 Post Count: 112 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hi John,
As a simpler alternative to the above if you go to your settings and only select one short running project (Microbiome Immunity Project (MIP) is currently the shortest but MCM is also fairly short) and HSTB and unselect the checkbox If there is no work available for the project(s) I have selected above, please send me work from another project. I expect that you'll get more than a few HSTB units. The reason this works is that each time you send a completed task to WCG it checks to see if work is available for all selected projects and also if your computer has available work capacity. It also helps if your cache extra days of work setting is relatively small. I am using 1.5 days now. A lot of cached work makes it look like your computer already has enough work to do. Another factor that has come to the fore recently for all projects is the status of having a reliable host. I'm not sure of the exact qualifications to be reliable but it seems to be that returning all results within two days without errors at least 10 times in a row. This seems particularly important for resends as these are prioritized to reliable hosts. Good Luck. I have been getting about 3-5 units a week. |
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johncmacalister2010@gmail.com
Veteran Cruncher Canada Joined: Nov 16, 2010 Post Count: 799 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Many thanks!!
----------------------------------------Hi John, As a simpler alternative to the above if you go to your settings and only select one short running project (Microbiome Immunity Project (MIP) is currently the shortest but MCM is also fairly short) and HSTB and unselect the checkbox If there is no work available for the project(s) I have selected above, please send me work from another project. I expect that you'll get more than a few HSTB units. The reason this works is that each time you send a completed task to WCG it checks to see if work is available for all selected projects and also if your computer has available work capacity. It also helps if your cache extra days of work setting is relatively small. I am using 1.5 days now. A lot of cached work makes it look like your computer already has enough work to do. Another factor that has come to the fore recently for all projects is the status of having a reliable host. I'm not sure of the exact qualifications to be reliable but it seems to be that returning all results within two days without errors at least 10 times in a row. This seems particularly important for resends as these are prioritized to reliable hosts. Good Luck. I have been getting about 3-5 units a week. crunching, crunching, crunching. AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6-core Processor with Windows 11 64 Pro. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor with Windows 11 64 Pro (part time) |
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motleybird
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Do these release at a certain time of the day, like in the morning?
I have 12 days on it and am tired of seeing that gaping blank spot in my list. Just two days and I'll have at least a bronze! I usually turn my computer off at night because it's in my bedroom and I don't want to listen to the fan revving up and down all night. I wonder if that's why I can't seem to get any at all. |
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Grumpy Swede
Master Cruncher Svíþjóð Joined: Apr 10, 2020 Post Count: 1866 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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There are 500-600 TB work units sent out/day. So the chance to get any of those are likely at the same level as winning on the lottery.
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Grumpy Swede
Master Cruncher Svíþjóð Joined: Apr 10, 2020 Post Count: 1866 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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And finally, after months of not winning on the Help Stop TB lottery, I got 2 HST1 WU's. One for each of my Laptops.
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yoerik
Senior Cruncher Canada Joined: Mar 24, 2020 Post Count: 413 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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lucky.
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TPCBF
Master Cruncher USA Joined: Jan 2, 2011 Post Count: 1842 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Whoohooo!
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BladeD
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 28976 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I'm running 2 WUs on my main PC at the moment.
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spRocket
Senior Cruncher Joined: Mar 25, 2020 Post Count: 234 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I think the key is to get yourself to the status of "reliable host" - I know that I rarely saw ARP units for a long time, then they started becoming a regular occurrence.
Unfortunately, since HST units are like hen's teeth, any host getting enough units to establish reliability just might not happen. ;) I actually got a couple of units not too long ago, and one of them is now waiting for my wingman. |
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