wdbm

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   by wdbm 5mo ago

   Why assume there has to be a one-to-one mapping? Why assume one physical process can't correspond to an infinity of different qualia? We assume an infinity of wave-functions correspond to a single physical process without difficulty.
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   by wdbm 6mo ago

   There is an absolutely beautiful rendering of the Mona Lisa encoded at some point in the digits of pi. If you know the position, it's really easy to plot the image. But first you have to find that position.
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   by wdbm 9mo ago

   >What benefit is there to keep this antiquated method around, aside from just as an historical reference? Analogue clocks are, by design, also visual progress bars. Digital clocks just give you the time. There's a little video talki
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   by wdbm 1y ago

   You're describing ZeroNet. It has ZeroTalk as a Reddit-like thing, ZeroMe as a social network and ZeroBlog as a Twitter-like thing. https://zeronet.io https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroTalk https:&#
5. 5.▲
   by wdbm 1y ago

   Hey, let's not forget 1927's Metropolis, where an authoritarian government uses deepfaked bots to manipulate the population.
6. 6.▲
   by wdbm 1y ago

   How would this compare to hypothes.is?
7. 7.▲
   by wdbm 1y ago

   Would you consider something like the Ikea cafeteria to be someways similar?
8. 8.▲
   by wdbm 2y ago

   The trick, Muad'Dib, is not minding that it hurts.
9. 9.▲
   by wdbm 2y ago

   My take on this was to get a boxy old ThinkPad that no longer functioned and fit it with Raspberry Pi, e-ink and LCD. https://github.com/wdbm/cyberDeck_2022