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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"neilty son", aww cute name

[–] pxlkttn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

good! we need to turn it off and then on again.

[–] troed@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

This is quite plausible if one subscribes to Boström's Simulation Argument.

Which any sane Vulcan of course does.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I'm here for it. Let's speed run the next cosmic reboot.

[–] LemmyBeMyself@lemmybefree.net 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

They implemented ray tracing everywhere without DLSS so they should already have powerful servers

[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

It’s okay as long as Moore’s Law holds, they can just keep waiting for better computer to compensate

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, did world shit start getting spicy when JWT went online?

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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Imagine thinking the Truman Show is an example of cosmological theory crafting.

[–] Two9A@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a short story (more of a novella) by Stephen Baxter on this exact topic, for what it's worth. Touching Centauri: https://www.e-reading.mobi/chapter.php/1035265/30/stephen-baxter-phase-space.html

[–] UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

Also this short comic: Bad Space: Cataract.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Long before they crash we will lag.

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Nuh un I saw that episode of Rick and Morty and if the simulation crashes we all get a chance to escape.

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's only if you're a person from outside that was put into the simulation. If we're all just simulated beings we'd never know.

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[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] esc27@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why the James Webb telescope was delayed

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[–] evilcultist@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

“Who’s Neilty Son?”

Oh. Oooh, right.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Imagine talking about simulation theory with that much certainty.

the universe disappears

Yeah? Is that how it works?

[–] Unbecredible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Imagine, instead, a joke. Cause that's what's going on here. There's no chance that this guy is serious and seriously thinks he knows the particulars of how a universal simulation is being implemented.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

In that hypothetical, it's not like anybody would notice.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hopefully it's not running on Nvidia

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[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

What I can appreciate about this is that it requires other people to be just real as yourself in the simulation

[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

black holes and dark matter are the errors starting to pop up

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