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> Sometimes I daydream about what would happen if FTL communications were possible, but only over short millimeters. It’d seem useless right? this is already a
by almostgotcaught 2y ago
> Sometimes I daydream about what would happen if FTL communications were possible, but only over short millimeters. It’d seem useless right?
this is already a thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light#:~:text=In%20quantum%20mechanics%2C%20virtual%20particles,section%20on%20static%20fields%20above https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light#:~:text=In%2...).
- elcritch 2y agoAlas, virtual particles appear to travel FTL, communication isn't possible with them: > Therefore, this does not imply the possibility of superluminal information transmission.
- Terr_ 2y agoThe idea of a time travel loop in the processor reminds me of a talk by Damian Conway, in which he shows how avant-garde Perl code to exploit sci-fi hardware. "Temporally Quaquaversal Virtual Nanomachine Programming In Multiple Topologically Connected Quantum-Relativistic Parallel Spacetimes... Made Easy!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpInOI4o2LY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpInOI4o2LY