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I am sure there is some sci fi novel where species compete for neutron stars because they are a very dense compute substrate.
by lanstin 5y ago
I am sure there is some sci fi novel where species compete for neutron stars because they are a very dense compute substrate.
- Hjfrf 5y agoAsimov's "The Last Question" is close, though the focus is on entropy rather than any kind of space wars.
- arthurcolle 5y agoIsn't Three Body Problem kinda like this?
- mgoetzke 5y agoIs that book worth reading ? I am half-way through and I still don't see the point ;)
- lovemenot 5y agoI read all three books. The first was a couple of years ago. But from memory, half-way through the first should be enough to tell. If you haven't seen anything worthwhile yet, you won't by continuing.
- kevml 5y agoNot neutron stars specifically, but Accelerando by Charles Stross covers this.
- eloff 5y agoThat was a good book, it challenged many of my assumptions.
- Isinlor 5y agoIn the Perfect Imperfection by Jacek Dukaj [0] has something called "Remy's curve" [1]. On the curve you can find: - Ultimate Computer is the computer using the best hardware as allowed by the physical constants of our universe. See also physics of computation. - Inclusions are in essence 'pocket universes'. They are created for specific entities to run hardware in a dedicated universe with physical constants different from ours, allowing for better performance than those in our universe - Ultimate Inclusion is the inclusion with the best possible set of physical constants in the entire multiverse Seth Lloyd wrote a paper "Ultimate physical limits to computation" [2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Imperfection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Imperfection [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Imperfection#/media/File:Jacek_Dukaj_Perfekcyjna_wykres_REMY.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Imperfection#/media/Fi... [2] https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908043 https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908043