Georgia Tech scientists figured out how maggots can eat so much, so fast A video shows 10,000 maggots consuming a 16-inch pizza in just two hours. How do the larvae of black soldier flies eat so much, so fast, despite their tiny size? Scientists at Georgia Tech have been studying this "collective feeding" behavior and found that one strategy for maximizing the larvae's feeding rate involves forming maggot "fountains." The scientists described the results in a recent paper in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, along with an entertaining video showing a swarm of larvae consuming an entire pizza in just two hours. "This is the first time, as far as I know, that we've really tried to quantify how much they were able to eat, and how they are able to do it," said graduate student and co-author Olga Shishkov, who demonstrated the research on Saturday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Washington, DC. It's not the first time she's had fun demonstrating the maggots' hearty appetite in creative ways: last year, she videotaped the critters devouring a heart-shaped donut for Valentine's Day.

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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News: Researchers, scared by their own work, hold back “deepfakes for text” AI OpenAI's GPT-2 algorithm shows machine learning could ruin online content for everyone. OpenAI, a non-profit research company investigating "the path to safe artificial intelligence," has developed a machine learning system called Generative Pre-trained Transformer-2 (GPT-2 ), capable of generating text based on brief writing prompts. The result comes so close to mimicking human writing that it could potentially be used for "deepfake" content. Built based on 40 gigabytes of text retrieved from sources on the Internet (including "all outbound links from Reddit, a social media platform, which received at least 3 karma"), GPT-2 generates plausible "news" stories and other text that match the style and content of a brief text prompt. The performance of the system was so disconcerting, now the researchers are only releasing a reduced version of GPT-2 based on a much smaller text corpus. So... Instead of J R. R. Tolkien, we get Spongebob?

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@JaredBusch said in I can't even: @jmoore said in I can't even: @scottalanmiller Sounds like he needed a better business plan, possibly a consultant to help with some of those basics. I don’t fix stupid. I doubt @NTG does either. I fix stupid if we are brought in specifically to fix it, like replacing management. But otherwise, nope.

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Cable lobby laments net neutrality “uncertainty,” ignores own role in creating it Cable industry chief lobbyist Michael Powell today asked Congress for a net neutrality law that would ban blocking and throttling but allow Internet providers to charge for prioritization under certain circumstances. Powell—a Republican who was FCC chairman from 2001 to 2005 and is now CEO of cable lobby group NCTA—spoke to lawmakers today at a Communications and Technology subcommittee hearing on net neutrality

@LilAng said in What Are You Drinking: @StrongBad said in What Are You Drinking: @LilAng said in What Are You Drinking: @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Drinking: @LilAng said in What Are You Drinking: water. just water At least you are back online. How are you feeling? a little better. i can keep food down. and i can at least leave my bed. That was the worst!!!!! I would sit up and my whole front and left side of my abdomen would be in pain. Hope that you feel better soon. Thank you! I was out since Saturday. Had to go to the ER right after i went to Urgent care. The doctor looked at me and transferred me away to get an xray. It was weird. But i got to leave the house which is nice. also my valentine's day present was my bill getting paid. which was very sweet.

@BRRABill it's been a full year since hte last follow up on this thread. How about an update after another year of use?

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge: @scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge: @fuznutz04 said in DuoLingo Challenge: @scottalanmiller Yeah, I just started doing it, and so far, I like it. It helps me with retention. Trying it now. Oh, you get a LOT of time. Basically, as you get an answer correct, it adds more time.

@tonyshowoff said in What does your desk look like?: @scottalanmiller said in What does your desk look like?: @JaredBusch that guy must make a lot of calls. I thought maybe he was a very busy octopus Those aliens in MIB - Squeel and Bob.

@denis_mcgee said in Home business ideas for transition out of 9-5?: Of course, it is better to choose an area, in which there are constant orders or customers who are looking for specialists to support existing projects. But specifically in the same web development, there is quite a strong competition, especially for beginners. It's a developer's market. Companies can't find qualified people, it's hard to even get people to interview.

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Well... plug-in downloaded source, compiled, installed and activated. In "Setting/Plugins" I can see now the "backup-reports" and "transport-email" plugins. I made some simple test with "Backup Jobs" and all seems ok. Thanks guys.

@Dashrender said in Domain Controller Down (VM): perhaps the discussion of HA should always be left at the door unless the OP specifically says something to the effect of - this was supposed to be an HA solution, why is it not - Perhaps. Often someone says something that leads us to believe that there might have been a reason for HA. But this is a case where just nothing suggests it. Not even the lack of panic or concern once things were down. They really seemed to have no care that things were down - which is fine, their design suggests that. In this case, with @wirestyle22 not having been there, he too would have to decide how the system should be viewed. But he needs the information to take back to management "Oh, you thought that this would be HA? THat's odd as it is designed exactly the opposite of that in every way and all of the policies and procedures go against that as well. How were you expecting HA without HA processes, staffing, technology, design or setup? What led you to believe something so contrary would achieve HA?"

@valentina said in Happy Birthday Thread: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! @LilAng Thank you Valentina!!

https://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1400096235/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548778735&sr=8-1&keywords=the+information I think this is outside of tech. I mean it is close, but it isn't an O'Reilly book.

@StuartJordan said in Backup File Server to DAS: Wow what a thread, took me a while to read through it We don't fool around around here!

@jmoore said in Web Application VS Windows Application: @scottalanmiller Certainly could be. He has over 1,200 posts, one of our top posters over the years.

@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect: @JaredBusch I just published v0.2.8-v with support for batch move of devices between groups. I also did quite a bit more work on database optimization. I will check out the rename/screen things when I get a chance. Not related, but try holding shift when you press the full screen button. You are working very late! Just updated to 0.2.8-v

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@brrabill said in MangoCon 2017: @scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2017: @fuznutz04 said in MangoCon 2017: @scottalanmiller left a little while ago. We'll have to go over . Woot, opening night is done. Time for bed people. See everyone in seven hours. Early one. It was just a bit.