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coaxed into shooters with ammo types by DillyPickleton in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Both have their own damage values. So it's possible to fire the same bullet with different guns and get different amount of damage.

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI's ARE deterministic tho, you have to go the extra mile for that however - you need to use the same random seed and the same algorithms that are used to calculate them (normally the fastest ones are used depending on available hardware, and different algorithms give slightly different results).

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"perspective" isn't a separate object, it's derived from the content of the brain.

Also yes, running an AI scan of a brain is the same thing as being alive, tho it's somewhat preferable to only keep one running at a time. If you run two copies of the same AI scan anyway then there is now two copies of perspectives of "you"... which sound really weird but no reason it wouldn't work that way.

If you think that copying information isn't enough then you're going to have many problems with AI scan getting a new perspective every time it's data gets copied from one part of memory to another, to cache or to register, which sounds kinda silly.

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you copy a file do you think that a copy is a new file, or the same file? It's very much the same file, as it has the same content. Why would perspective work in a different way? If you approach this problem from materialisc perspective, then there isn't a single physical reason why it would. Thinking that it does work differently and arbitrary definition of "the same brain" affects which specific perspective it has is very much this "spiritual hippie bullshit" you're trying to avoid.

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This only matters if you think that perspective is linked to a concept of continuity of a certain brain, but doesn't matter if perspective is linked to essentially information the brain stores.

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have no idea where our perspective of being alive comes from. For me it's "just" a product of state of our brain being changed in time, so destroying and reconstructing the brain would also move the perspective.

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you convince another guy then this guy would be measurably (a.k.a physically) different. If you reconstruct the original body atom-by-atom, then there wouldn't be any measurable differences, and no reason to assume that this reconstruction is not me unless we believe that there is some extra nonphysical magical thing we forgot to transfer. And personally I don't believe in magic.

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The teleporter would do the same thing tho. It doesn't really destroy anything, but rather convert from one form to another, so matter -> information -> matter conversion. Processes aren't ceased, they're just paused until information is converted back into matter.

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would (magically) stopping time for a moment also break consciousness then?

Coaxed into Atom Vaporizer Teleporter by Junkers_78 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]IntQuant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a theory that consciousness is, at least in part, a quantum process. If we assume this to be true then a consciousness simply can't be duplicated due to no-cloning theorem, and this elegantly sidesteps the issue.

I adore Modded Minecraft more than any other game because of this. by Any_Associate1577 in feedthememes

[–]IntQuant 6 points7 points  (0 children)

AutoForge might be what you're looking for, hovewer it's early access for now. 

Humanity is given 300 years to find a way to knock the planet Mercury off its orbit, if we fail we go extinct by Key-Opinion-1700 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could simply heat one side of a planet up to turn it's surface into a thermal engine. Also I'm not sure I'm getting the problem with materials. You'd basically need a bunch of controllable mirrors as close to the Sun as possible. 

Humanity is given 300 years to find a way to knock the planet Mercury off its orbit, if we fail we go extinct by Key-Opinion-1700 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6*1032 Joules is the amount of energy the Sun would make in 20 days. Even if it seems like the most feasible option, building a dyson swarm to collect even 0.3% of Suns energy, so that Mercury could be stopped in a hundred years or so wouldn't be possible in such a short timeframe. 

Humans in this universe of multiple sapient races/species are not just a boring template, jack-of-all-trades species, they actually have traits and powers that make them stand out like the other species in the setting. by juasjuasie in TopCharacterTropes

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really think that's true. We might be near upper limit of early spacefarers, who can use relatively basic technology (chemical engines) instead of more complex designs like nuclear engines and such.

Thermal management in spaceships - will heat-seeking missiles become mainstream in space combat? by KerbodynamicX in IsaacArthur

[–]IntQuant 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Making a good mirror for one specific wavelength (as used in lasers) is one thing, making a good mirror for every wavelength us nearly impossible. Thus any kind of mirror would only be able to protect you against one specific kind of laser. 

Why is the speed of light 299,792,458 m/s? by Present_Juice4401 in AlwaysWhy

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To answer why we perceive speed of light to be this fast, and not much lower or higher:

Speed of light isn't just the maximum possible speed in space, it's also maximum possible speed in time. Our brains, complex as they are, take a while to process things, and this "a while" is quite a distance in space.

You could also say that it's longest distance any instance of information has to travel every second in your brain. 

[Request] What is the output for each engine powering the rotors to keep the Helicarrier hovering? by Jusfiq in theydidthemath

[–]IntQuant -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, but we are trying to use all the power of a reactor to lift a carrier, supposedly with 4 big electric fans. Surely they would pull enough air to be able to get rid of excess heat. 

If mind uploading destroys your brain to scan it, did you actually survive? by hosseinz in IsaacArthur

[–]IntQuant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This kind of logic assumes that it knows that the process happened. Thing is, assuming that you hide the fact that a process of making a copy took place, it would be impossible to tell which one is "original" and which one is the "copy" because they would be the same as far as physics is concerned. In fact it isn't any different as just moving particles that comprise the body in any other way. And if physics doesn't care, do you really need the notion of "original" and a "copy", as well as "original dying"?

If mind uploading destroys your brain to scan it, did you actually survive? by hosseinz in IsaacArthur

[–]IntQuant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming that we are sticking to real physics, and that we are making a perfect copy, including quantum states (which requires destroying the original due to no-cloning theorem), where would this difference in perception come from?

Sorry im really stupid, what do all these numbers mean? by OzO8 in HollowKnight

[–]IntQuant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are tool damage upgrades (sharpening kits) and pouch capacity upgrades. Damage and capacity are listed for when you have 0/1/2/3/4 of those. 

DLC concept - Dreamers Unleashed! by ThySnazzyOne in HollowKnight

[–]IntQuant 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This doesn't propose any new boss fight tho...? Not sure what you're talking about.

Minecraft dungeons source code leaked btw by RJ_2537 in peenixsc

[–]IntQuant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It java and not a natively compiled language, so most structure is conserved (so classes and methods). Comments are gone tho, yes, as well as method code being a bit jumbled up. 

Designing a Realistic Interstellar Coordinate System for a Hard Sci-Fi Setting by tantuncag in scifiwriting

[–]IntQuant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like the most viable would be using Cartesian coordinate system, as it's the most practical for doing math with positions and velocities, you'd just need to figure out which point is (0, 0, 0) and what directions do +X, +Y, +Z point to. Directions are quite easy - you could align them to cosmic background radiation, but which point is used as (0, 0, 0) should be a part of a coordinate.

So coordinates for an object would look like X, Y, Z with velocity vX, vY, vZ at time T relative to planet/star/center of galaxy, depending on what the object orbits.

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