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The idea of a simulation is a rather lazy one. Anyone who can make such a simulation, would speed up the execution a thousand fold.
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Maybe it is running 1000x as fast as the comparable events in the "real" world. There'd be no way to tell.
I give the theory more credence than most posters on this thread. The basic argument is that one of the following is true:
1. Ours is the first civilization that will attain the ability to run detailed world simulations.
2. Advanced civilizations have no interest in running detailed world simulations.
3. You're probably living in a simulation.
Some speculate that the simulations are ancestral, perhaps to explore possible historical outcomes or simply to provide entertainment. If the latter, then dying might end with taking off your virtual reality glasses (in which case the simulation is also likely to run at roughly the same speed as the "real" world).
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Greg Utas wrote: Maybe it is running 1000x as fast as the comparable events in the "real" world. There'd be no way to tell.
Hahaha, no, again, a lazy way out. If it is a simulation, then changes in speed would be expected, as well as experiments. Occam also says no on this one.
Greg Utas wrote: Some speculate that the simulations are ancestral, perhaps to explore possible historical outcomes or simply to provide entertainment. If the latter, then dying might end with taking off your virtual reality glasses
Whahaha, in the same way that the trilobite took of their VR-glasses? 
It sounds like a replacement for heaven, for those who are afraid to stop existing.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Someone was a bit high when seeing matrix and don't remember the act of seeing it, but the "ideas" remained kind of nebulous in the subconscious and just popped up 20 years later as a "Eureka" during a dream?
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That headline should read "Computer Scientist: Finally got around to seeing the Matrix".
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That's one way to bring computer science into disrepute.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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"Guinn pointed out Elon Musk’s belief in simulation theory to lend more authority to the idea"
Yes, because Elon Musk isn't flaky at all.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Old news. IBM already simulated a universe using its OS/VU in the '80s.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Even if that was true... so what?
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Microsoft, Adobe and SAP announced the ODI a year ago, but things seemingly have gone quiet lately. What gives? Closure?
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Quantum computers can solve intractable problems – but they don't always get the answer right. Now, a research team in the UK has developed a way to test to make sure that qubits aren't getting confused. Because there's nothing worse than lying qubits
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IBM‘s upcoming “Code and Response” documentary is an hour-long tour-de-force showcasing several developer–activists using technology to mitigate the harm caused by natural disasters. So go ahead: wear your underwear on the outside of your trousers
Or pants on the outside of your pants to get both sides of the Atlantic irritated with me.
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A new vulnerability has been found in the Camera apps for millions, if not hundreds of millions, of Android devices that could allow other apps to record video, take pictures, and extract GPS data from media without having the required permissions. "I always feel like somebody's watching me"
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Earlier this year, we extended our ML model training capabilities beyond our initial Github trained base model to enable you to personalize your IntelliCode completion suggestions by creating team models trained on your own code. Now you can automatically enter bad code, like the rest of your team!
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hope people writing serious stuff don't use this...peoples lifes are at stake !
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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No one likes an office whistler or pen clicker – but for some people, these noises aren’t just a nuisance, they’re a full-blown aural assault. Why? "They'll bang on tong-tinglers, blow their foo-flounders, they'll crash on jang-jinglers, and bounce on boing-bounders!"
Headphones. Must. have. headphones. (and music)
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Cool, I'm suddenly an extreme extrovert then?
If you haven't learned to focus, then you can't.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Quick - get out there and into management or sales before you find out the truth!
TTFN - Kent
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Being able to ignore noise hardly qualifies one for such a post.
If you can't handle the clicking of a pen, imagine this; a coworker at the last office had this radio, and I found myself sometimes singing along with it. With one song containing the line "I'm a psycho killer", which I would shout. The coworker took over the habit of shouting the same during that line of the song.
Must have been very worrying for our manager, especially if customers near 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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John Woods wrote: Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live
Eddy Vluggen wrote: "I'm a psycho killer", which I would shout
So this was a teambuilding exercise?
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Sander Rossel wrote: Eddy Vluggen wrote: "I'm a psycho killer", which I would shout
So this was a teambuilding exercise?
Eddy Vluggen wrote: The coworker took over the habit of shouting the same during that line of the song.
Looks like he was successful in that exercise
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Computer users for example spend most of their time repeating the same motion such as typing at the keyboard, maneuvering the mouse, and swiping on touchscreens. These seemingly innocent gestures when done thousands of times a day are precisely what lead to disabilities such as carpal tunnel and musculoskeletal disorders. "We must never become too busy sawing to take time to sharpen the saw."
Keep them working, and you can keep working.
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They say “performance is king’… It was true a decade ago and it certainly is now. With more and more data the world generates each day, we need more and more computing power to process it. You mean it's more than just checking the 'optimize code' checkbox?
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