Random threts, what do they post? Do they post things?

by **swishnicholson** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 23:38:40

Bucky wrote:

it was a nice summer evening for a run around the lake,so I wasn't surprised to see a lot of bikers and strollers out as well. Took me a while thought to figure out why there were also dozens of maroons wandering across the path and into the undergrowth staring at their phones.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 08:52:16

If we are in a simulation will we ever reach a level of singularity?

by **Soren** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:05:30

So, as I understand it, the evidence for the simulation idea is that we don't have evidence to disprove it and that it given that
1) It's unlikely we would be the only sentient life form in the universe (number of stars, stars with planets, probability of life existing, probability of sentience developping)
2) We can't find evidence of other sentient life forms
we can infer that this simulation was conceived in such a way as to only allow for one planet with intelligent life.

You can't prove it didn't happen is the (fallacious) argument religious folks make to scientists all the time.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:14:41

http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

The way I look at it is in the conclusion.

VII. CONCLUSION

A technologically mature “posthuman” civilization would have enormous computing power. Based on this empirical fact, the simulation argument shows that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) The fraction of human-level civilizations that reach a posthuman stage is very close to zero; (2) The fraction of posthuman civilizations that are interested in running ancestor-simulations is very close to zero; (3) The fraction of all people with our kind of experiences that are living in a simulation is very close to one.
If (1) is true, then we will almost certainly go extinct before reaching posthumanity. If (2) is true, then there must be a strong convergence among the courses of advanced civilizations so that virtually none contains any relatively wealthy individuals who desire to run ancestor-simulations and are free to do so. If (3) is true, then we almost certainly live in a simulation. In the dark forest of our current ignorance, it seems sensible to apportion one’s credence roughly evenly between (1), (2), and (3).

Unless we are now living in a simulation, our descendants will almost certainly never run an ancestor-simulation.

I think its a little different than the standard if you can't prove it, it didn't happen theory.

Its more like shrodingers cat in that regard I guess. We are both in a simulation and not in a simulation until the box gets opened. Orrrrr we become singular. I'm not banking on our overlords being that cool or whatever. So I'm striving for the singularity card. Then I'm gonna run super simulations where the coolest shit ever happens to me.

by **Woody** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:17:15

I, a universe of atoms
An atom in the universe

by **philliesr98** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:18:21

2deep4me

by **Soren** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:31:07

so, I totally get shitting on adults for being so hyped about Pokemon Go...but I'm seeing groups of people out exercising probably for the first time in years and otherwise antisocial people getting together and congregating around pokestops. It's the best exercise app maybe ever.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:38:50

Maybe Pokemon is how we reach singularity

by **Woody** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:38:54

Soren wrote:so, I totally get shitting on adults for being so hyped about Pokemon Go...but I'm seeing groups of people out exercising probably for the first time in years and otherwise antisocial people getting together and congregating around pokestops. It's the best exercise app maybe ever.

that's what our culture is really good at, shitting on popular things. Combination of get off my lawn mixed with fear/misunderstanding of technology mixed with media fear mongering mixed with social media attention-whoring

POKE ON, PLAYA

by **Soren** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 09:43:52

Woody wrote:
Soren wrote:so, I totally get shitting on adults for being so hyped about Pokemon Go...but I'm seeing groups of people out exercising probably for the first time in years and otherwise antisocial people getting together and congregating around pokestops. It's the best exercise app maybe ever.

that's what our culture is really good at, shitting on popular things. Combination of get off my lawn mixed with fear/misunderstanding of technology mixed with media fear mongering mixed with social media attention-whoring

POKE ON, PLAYA

I caught a scyther last night so really I just feel like I need to defend it

by **CalvinBall** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:02:16

i got one of those too recently! my strongest little guy thus far.

by **drsmooth** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:38:41

Woody wrote:that's what our culture is really good at, shitting on popular things. Combination of get off my lawn mixed with fear/misunderstanding of technology mixed with media fear mongering mixed with social media attention-whoring

wait you forgot plus I HATE YOUUUUUUU

my son's gonna get the Zika from the skeeter bites he & his idiot friends got wandering around some stagnant pond doing that PoGo stuff. No, he's not, really, but idiot, yeah

by **pacino** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:42:30

ReadingPhilly wrote:is twitter super dumb now? my mobile app stopped working. i chalked that up to my old ass phone. now on the web version, the tweets aren't in any sequential order. the first tweet i see is from 19 hours ago, then one from 24 hours ago, then 45 minutes and so on.

stuff comes in out of order for me as a 'you may have missed'

by **Soren** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:50:29

CalvinBall wrote:i got one of those too recently! my strongest little guy thus far.

Yea man, by a lot for me.

by **Slowhand** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:28:36

swishnicholson wrote:
Bucky wrote:

it was a nice summer evening for a run around the lake,so I wasn't surprised to see a lot of bikers and strollers out as well. Took me a while thought to figure out why there were also dozens of maroons wandering across the path and into the undergrowth staring at their phones.

I'm just waiting on someone to wander out into busy traffic.

by **Soren** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:38:01

Slowhand wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
Bucky wrote:

it was a nice summer evening for a run around the lake,so I wasn't surprised to see a lot of bikers and strollers out as well. Took me a while thought to figure out why there were also dozens of maroons wandering across the path and into the undergrowth staring at their phones.

I'm just waiting on someone to wander out into busy traffic.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/a ... d-victims/

by **philliesr98** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 13:36:57

Werthless or whomever, does prednisone make you feel like shit?

Cause after my zpack and 2 days of prednisone I feel like a bloated dishrag. I had to call it a day early today and am now Just vegging out. I don't remember feeling this much like hole from steroids before.

In good news Day 9 of poison looks like the turning point. No new bumps and it is certainly drying out. Less itchy too. No amputation needed. Mutilation minimal.

by **Bill McNeal** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 13:41:18

When I was a kid I got real bad poison ivy and had to go on prednisone. It did indeed make me feel like shit. It was like 25 years ago and I still remember how shitty it made me feel.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 13:43:24

Ugh

Gonna stick on it though cause these blisters sucked.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 13:44:34

I swear I just weighed myself and I'm almost 10 lbs heavier than what I was a week or so ago. How the f. I'm like at least 50% walking water cooler with no valve

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