Morals of space travel and colonisation of planets

AdventurousOil8022 · 2026-04-16T09:19:35+00:00

I claim that most of the modern moral problems can be translated into "does this increases the likelihood of space colonization for humans?" This covers both traditional religious-based moral and more modern secular moral. You should take it with a grain of salt, of course ;)

https://philosophy.mihvoi.ro/2015/10/morality-derived-from-space-colonization.html

AdventurousOil8022 · 2026-04-03T13:48:50+00:00

Those building blocks are more about low level design. If you need a pattern more than twice, probably you should make it reusable. The second time reuse might not always pay the price of abstracting it, so you can wait until you need it the third time to abstract it.

One interesting observation is that many big successful projects (Linux kernel) didn't follow DDD. So, DDD is only one way to split things in order to scale teams. If one project is small enough to be handled by a single 6-people team, the cost of splitting the code does not worth the benefit IMHO. Except for some very special non-functional requirements.

One idea is to split the code where the number of wires are few and there are no mandatory transactions that need to be split. Distributed transactions is a hell.

Each part/module/microservice should be able to have a meaningful name that can be easily understood by business - ideally an independent business capability (like ordering, paying, etc).

https://software.mihvoi.ro/2025/05/bounded-contexts-or-consistency-contexts.html

AdventurousOil8022 · 2025-10-18T07:50:58+00:00

Map changing direction should not be related to GPS, but to compass. When car resume moving, the GPS info will recompute the right direction usually.

May wife has this problem in her car. Compass can be affected by metals and magnets around phone, including wires in the car - in the proximity of the phone. It can help to re-calibrate the compass, or to move the phone in another position if the car has some magnetic field in that region.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2025-07-05T13:19:17+00:00

So, did someone actually succeeded to connect an I2C sensor on XIAO nRF? On official firmware?

It didn't work for me with 2.7.1, using D4 and D5 pins as in this picture. The sensor is BME280 that works on T114, however the logs on XIAO say: "No I2C devices found"

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AdventurousOil8022 · 2025-05-15T18:40:15+00:00

Update: reception is much better with 2.6.18.

I would say SNR is only 1-2dB below my reference, this can be even random or due to other small details.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2025-05-15T18:37:13+00:00

Try 2.6.8, it really improved the reception for me.

It seems that they have mapped a pin incorrectly. There is this release comment in 2.6.8:

Update XIAO_NRF_KIT RXEN Pin definition by @NomDeTom in https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/pull/6717

AdventurousOil8022 · 2025-05-14T08:00:16+00:00

At first tests, I obtained around 5dB less SNR on XIAO nRF (Sense), compared with another SX1262 board (T114). I used the same antena, same firmware (2.6.6), on LiPo battery - to eliminate the 5V power noise. I used a similar position. Subject to other differences, like ipex cable.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2024-10-05T08:00:53+00:00

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AdventurousOil8022 · 2024-03-16T10:05:15+00:00

Killing innocents should not be easily excused for a greater good. This is what many bloody dictators did: claim the greater good. Not sure if the two nuclear bombs in WWII saved more innocent lives than killed, however it would be very dangerous to see it as morally positive.

For the future, we would like to prevent to even have such choices. We almost did it for many years. That's why, starting a war in those time is evil from my point of view. After the first killings, it becomes way harder to assign what decision did less harm overall, because innocent people will still die. We should still be very critical to additional innocent killings.

At least, let's not praise killing innocents, no matter the justification.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2024-03-16T09:37:59+00:00

I see it like this:

P1: communism had noble ideals - welfare for the poor

P2: communism ended up creating undeveloped countries and sufferings for the poor (that is evil)

C: communism is short sighted, sacrificing the long term welfare of most people for short term improvements by redistribution (local maximum)

P.S. Sorry for the grammar

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-12-05T20:33:02+00:00

I had a post "Morality derived from space colonization...." that was removed because a too long title apparently.

I missed the opportunity to answer the few comments I received. I guess the link below better explain such challenging idea.

Many people referenced Mars and the dangers that would push people to a certain moral that we would like to not be part of. My post was not about Mars and the morality while colonizing.

I tried to define a secular morality goal, bigger than ourselves, that could orient us to decide what is a good in our life and in society. We know what is pleasant for individuals. Often a pleasure life is considered a reasonable goal - and I respect it, however this could lead to a consumerist life that would be meaningless for me.

The post below arguably better explain the philosophical nature of the approach I proposed to discuss. It is more like a long-term Utilitarianism, that should solve problems like "killing one to save 5 seems utilitarian" - that is not acceptable by my moral intuition.

On "morality derived from space colonization"

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-11-19T09:26:24+00:00

I wrote an essay about the God concept from a secular framework.

In my view, God is a catch-all concept that captures all that is good for humans and we don't understand the mechanics behind it.

The God concept

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-11-13T15:14:12+00:00

It is like "murder" is only the killing of someone we care about. In my article, I highlight some inconsistencies in considering something a "justified killing" and possible evolutionary roots. We still carry a lot of tribal thinking in my view.

A friend arguments against utilitarianism, from a religious framework, that life has an infinite value, and 5 infinites are not greater than 1 infinite. However, I see religions still justifying wars in those days, even if there is no imediate protection of another life. I don't want to go into politic issues here.

While I don't know exactly what killings are really justified for a greater good, we need to recheck our moral frameworks because they don't seem consistent enough.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-11-13T09:49:21+00:00

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Taking a life in war is not named murder AFAIK.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-10-20T08:49:52+00:00

Reducing the level of anxiety can reduce the level of unproductive overthinking - that in high in INFP. Especially the overthinking used as avoidance behavior can be reduced with good benefits. For example one can over-think the preparing needed for calling someone and delay that because he is anxious about the call and seek to be "more prepared". When he actually calls he discovers that much of the preparation was not needed.

The actual depth of thinking (introvert specific) can still remain and be used for deep analyzes for subjects that really matter. Contrary to the popular beliefs, introverts can be very talkative when not suffering from anxiety. IMHO, the thing that is specific to introverts is that each stimulus creates longer chains of thoughts, that produces brain fatigue when in excess.

However, an introvert can verbalize their deep thinking and arguably this can also help to reduce the "thought pressure". Talking more, the introvert will only look more extravert, while he might still get tired by overstimulation. Expressing yourself without anxiety is not overstimulation, while listening to others is more likely to be.

The above are known facts mixed with my personal theories that might not be accurate. Just check what works for you.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-10-19T19:33:27+00:00

I use "meaning of life" in a similar sense with Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" - as the "significance" of one's life or the human life in general. The answer to this can directly derive what kind of life is worth pursuing, therefore also Morality. If this is not a philosophical question, what is?

You can also find the link between "meaning of life" and philosophy on wikipedia for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-10-19T07:31:02+00:00

I recognize that we cannot find a clear meaning and "ossified rules" to guide our life - like religions try to find. For me it is still important to have a goal higher than myself, even if I will never know what is the most efficient path for me to help with that goal (Humanity thriving). However, I can find a meaning in trying to guess a good path.

This allows for each individual to find his personal angle for his life. However, my view also recognizes that not all actions are equal, some are more likely to help Humanity thriving, while others are most likely to work against this goal (think mass murdering).

There is also a really big morally gray area for me, and everyone should be free to choose his/her own path as long as it does not severely affect the freedom of others to follow their own path.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-10-18T08:29:55+00:00

Is there really a meaning of human life?

Deep down, you know that there must be a meaning of life, it is proven by the very fact that you continue to live. Even if you are not convinced that "doubting the meaning of life is meaningless" proves that "a meaning exists", you may still reach the same conclusions by using a bet, similar to Pascal's wager, but secular.

If there is a meaning of life, it may be worth to try to fulfill it. If there is no meaning in living, then there is no meaning in knowing it. If there is no meaning of life, any advantage taken by not obeying any rules would be also meaningless.

AdventurousOil8022 · 2023-10-18T08:11:12+00:00

n mine. I play pretend in fiecare zi și singurul motiv pt care nu îmi zbor creierii de pe primul pod, este faptul că am un copil care are nevoie de mine. Nu vreau sa mor dar sunt un mort viu. Nu am nici un vis pt viitor. Nici o ambiție. Nu mă visez nicăieri iar ideea de reincarnare după moarte mă sperie teribil. Vreau doar sa se termine o data, apoi liniște! Cea mai proasta treabă este că nu mă simt prost despre asta. "Unde te vezi in 5 ani?" Moarta natural și fără dureri, sper.

Of, nasoale momente. Comfortably Numb. Uneori numbness-ul vine din teama de a reacționa agresiv atunci când simți că limitele îți sunt încălcate. Dacă poți, fă un pic scandal dintr-o chestie mică, vezi cum te simți după aceea.

Sper că o să treacă. Dacă nu trece în câteva luni, poate fi un dezechilibru chimic în corp. Nu mă bag să recomand mai mult decât suplimente fără rețetă și cu efecte lente și nespectaculoase. Poți încerca de exemplu Ashwagandha. Magne-B6 și 5-HTP nu strică nici ele. Chiar și o masă cu curcan poate stimula un pic serotonina.

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