--- Log opened Sun May 02 00:00:43 2021 01:40 < fenn> fltrz there is no such thing as supercomputer downtime. they're booked up for eternity and instead you shuffle priority for a given task. there was some scandal a while ago about researchers submitting fake computing tasks that were mining $shitcoin instead, also hackers have used them to mine bitcoins etc. but it was not a very good use of electricity compared to an ASIC of course. 01:41 < fenn> some power utilities have installed mining rigs in order to do "virtual load shifting" which actually makes some sense because you can spin up a mining farm much faster than some alternative power sink 01:45 * L29Ah spins up his spark gap heater/lighter 01:59 < fenn> juri go camping, see if getting away from an environmental trigger fixes it. 02:39 -!- mrdata_ [~mrdata@unaffiliated/mrdata] has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 02:39 -!- mrdata [~mrdata@unaffiliated/mrdata] has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 02:47 -!- spaceangel [~spaceange@ip-86-49-112-64.net.upcbroadband.cz] has joined ##hplusroadmap 05:53 -!- justanotheruser [~justanoth@unaffiliated/justanotheruser] has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 06:37 -!- dongcarl [~dongcarl@unaffiliated/dongcarl] has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds] 07:11 -!- yashgaroth [~ffffffff@2601:5c4:c780:6aa0:5dc8:1ea9:cc44:39b5] has joined ##hplusroadmap 07:32 -!- mrdata_ [~mrdata@unaffiliated/mrdata] has joined ##hplusroadmap 07:42 -!- mrdata [~mrdata@unaffiliated/mrdata] has joined ##hplusroadmap 07:51 -!- spaceangel [~spaceange@ip-86-49-112-64.net.upcbroadband.cz] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 07:52 -!- spaceangel [~spaceange@ip-86-49-112-64.net.upcbroadband.cz] has joined ##hplusroadmap 08:47 -!- thedragon [thedragon@gateway/vpn/mullvad/thedragon] has quit [Quit: Leaving] 09:17 < Jay_Dugger> Hello, everyone. 09:19 < fenn> good $time_of_day 09:20 -!- Jay_Dugger [~jwd@47.185.203.87] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 09:32 -!- justanotheruser [~justanoth@unaffiliated/justanotheruser] has joined ##hplusroadmap 09:41 -!- iw [~ww@2a05:f480:1800:ce9:5400:3ff:fe4c:b137] has quit [Quit: tc] 10:01 -!- BabaWanga [~crimewave@public-gprs386804.centertel.pl] has joined ##hplusroadmap 10:55 -!- Jay_Dugger [~jwd@47.185.203.87] has joined ##hplusroadmap 11:27 -!- ShellcatZero [~ShellcatZ@75-166-54-166.hlrn.qwest.net] has quit [Ping timeout: 265 seconds] 11:30 -!- ShellcatZero [~ShellcatZ@75-166-27-135.hlrn.qwest.net] has joined ##hplusroadmap 11:33 < kanzure> GPT-3 https://philosopherai.xyz/ 13:09 -!- BabaWanga [~crimewave@public-gprs386804.centertel.pl] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 14:02 -!- dongcarl [~dongcarl@unaffiliated/dongcarl] has joined ##hplusroadmap 16:24 < kanzure> :/ https://wefunder.com/demonpore 16:51 < lsneff> what is demonpore? the website doesn't explain its purpose well 16:51 < lsneff> I get what it is, but not why it is 17:29 -!- darsie [~kvirc@84-113-55-200.cable.dynamic.surfer.at] has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds] 17:31 < kanzure> mechanical nanopore hooked up to some sensors 17:32 < kanzure> ask nmz787 his face is on it 17:33 < gradstudentbot> If I was your endoplasmic reticulum, would you want me smooth or would you want me rough? 17:50 -!- spaceangel [~spaceange@ip-86-49-112-64.net.upcbroadband.cz] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 18:04 -!- yashgaroth [~ffffffff@2601:5c4:c780:6aa0:5dc8:1ea9:cc44:39b5] has quit [Quit: Leaving] 18:23 -!- ensign [~ensign@integer.musalbas.com] has quit [Quit: ZNC - http://znc.in] 18:23 -!- nsh [~lol@wikipedia/nsh] has quit [Quit: ZNC - http://znc.in] 18:25 -!- Jay_Dugger [~jwd@47.185.203.87] has quit [Ping timeout: 246 seconds] 18:26 -!- nsh [~lol@wikipedia/nsh] has joined ##hplusroadmap 18:31 -!- ensign [~ensign@integer.musalbas.com] has joined ##hplusroadmap 18:37 -!- Mestri [~yolo@2401:c080:1800:47c9:5400:3ff:fe20:7c97] has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 18:39 -!- Fractal [~cbd@2401:c080:1800:47c9:5400:3ff:fe20:7c97] has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 18:42 -!- Fractal [~cbd@2401:c080:1800:47c9:5400:3ff:fe20:7c97] has joined ##hplusroadmap 18:45 -!- Mestri [~yolo@2401:c080:1800:47c9:5400:3ff:fe20:7c97] has joined ##hplusroadmap 20:56 < nmz787> lsneff: demonpore is a company name, it's a play on maxwell's demon 20:56 < nmz787> lsneff: if you want to know "why" just google "nanopore sensing" 20:57 < nmz787> I'm sort of under some kind of expert bias here, and not understanding why people are so confused by the technology 20:59 < nmz787> the demonpore64 is actually not a mechanical nanopore, it's just a nanopore/micropore, with substantially cheaper cost of entry than anything else on the market (which are usually several thousands of dollars). It also is ethernet connected, and streams all it's signal data to a server on the web, which I is unheard of in the nanopore world (and in most "lab" type equipment) 21:15 < L29Ah> can i use it to identify pure unknown small-ish organic molecules? how does it compare with a bunch of uv detectors in this regard? 21:50 -!- justanotheruser [~justanoth@unaffiliated/justanotheruser] has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 22:07 -!- justanotheruser [~justanoth@unaffiliated/justanotheruser] has joined ##hplusroadmap 22:11 < fenn> "So Mind-Blowing, People Thought It Was an April Fools' Joke" 22:14 < fenn> this molecular gaming console is in the pre-cartridge era 22:16 < fenn> "just connect to the internet and do your science from a website" blegh 22:23 < fenn> he got so hyped up about the "it's like a video game console" idea that he forgot to explain the part where it makes any sense 23:07 -!- justanotheruser [~justanoth@unaffiliated/justanotheruser] has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 23:12 < fltrz> I think the demonpore concept looks interesting, if I understand correctly you can use it as a starting point for nanopore experiments, and when suitably expanded you could rent out the nanopore online for the durations between your own experiments 23:13 < fltrz> nmz787, is that roughly the concept? rent out / share your lab online? --- Log closed Mon May 03 00:00:44 2021