AeiumNE · HackerTrans

2 years agodiscuss

I'm super interested in cellular automata.

One thing that particular piques my interest is the diversity of possible automata, not just forms in any particular one, but diversity of rule sets as well.

What do you think is special about the GOL rule set compared to other life-like rules?

Do you think it was a historical accident this particular rule set became so famous, or not?

Are there alternatives you are also interested in?

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

Economic value isn't the sum of energy spent.

If increasing efficiency can increase the value of a set amount of energy, it can also increase the value of a decreasing amount of energy.

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

As a fellow numberphile viewer, I accept your authority on the topic, and will probably repeat this guess as fact later.

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

I like the first principles thinking, but what if they do have a secret place?

What if it goes to the roots and then into fungi and bacteria in the soil or something?

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

I agree with this mostly, but I do wish my car had stainless steel instead of paint.

Paint is the most fragile part of the car and it's dealing with that is a fact of life but it shouldn't need to be.

With more advanced manufacturing maybe someone can make stainless steel car that doesn't look like it's from a 1994 video game.

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

I thought it was because apes fight by grabbing and tearing, so with that evolutionary pressure applied you basically end up with the minimum effective protrusion.

Also, this is why I plan to avoid fighting apes or at least try to wear some good pants if I do.

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

This guy Dyson spheres

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

Isn't this the kind of thing that is possible with less than 100% mortality?

Like the northern cooler part survives and the reef moves that way?

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

Why not? It doesn't ultimately require increasing resources extraction.

Increasing efficiency or technological capability could have the same outcome

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

Just talking energy density is a little misleading if internal combustion engines can't capture most of it

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

It's a test flight

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Cuda dominance is the darkest timeline.

OpenCL was the utopia timeline.

AeiumNE

3 years agodiscuss

It's very arrogant to take your understanding of the benefit of the truth, finding it lacking, and then assuming that this is same negligible benefit the truth will have for everyone else.

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