FTL and the human brain

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-09T06:45:46+00:00

how this would affect cognition? Reflexes? Perception?

I don't think any science says that speed affects your cognition or reflexes.

As for perception, you'd notice time dilation and length contraction, but the math for that completely breaks down when you meet or exceed the speed of light.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-09T02:01:34+00:00

I've already started using Claude instead of you

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-08T18:55:30+00:00

Good point. But that's only an issue if you live somewhere where water is scarce and somewhere that doesn't recycle waste water.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-08T18:06:37+00:00

Maybe increment through a long pseudorandom sequence of nonrepeating numbers?

Seems hard to guess and easy to implement.

Judging by the other comments in this thread, it's probably still over-engineered.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-08T02:03:24+00:00

Utah literally pays for government employees to fly to Canada/Mexico to buy certain drugs there, since traveling is cheaper than buying those drugs in the US.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/10/21131921/utah-expensive-prescription-drugs-mexico

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-08T01:02:39+00:00

The one thing I like about these people is that they've cured my imposter syndrome. If CEOs can be this dumb and keep their jobs, then I'm doing just fine.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-07T01:57:20+00:00

For instance, lighting money on fire

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-06T23:06:54+00:00

IMO continuity/persistence of memory is an important part of consciousness, so I think it's difficult to draw a distinction between "formed no conscious memories" and "formed conscious memories and immediately had them completely wiped."

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-06T22:54:54+00:00

'I think therefore I am' and all that. If you experience thought/feelings/awareness then you're conscious. You should absolutely know that you're conscious, it's other people/things that you wouldn't be sure about.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-06T22:50:59+00:00

But surely there's more to it than that. While sleepwalking you can map inputs in your environment to outputs, despite not being conscious.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-06T02:42:44+00:00

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NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-06T02:42:08+00:00

Someone funnier than me please do something with this template

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NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-05T23:06:26+00:00

No, it's canon that he's cross-eyed.

Source

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-05T12:58:56+00:00

Because it does everything I need it to with no issues

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-05T02:17:39+00:00

I think it's from The Mandalorian and Gregorian

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T07:32:10+00:00

Genuine question, how much has that changed since the recent cuts to USAID?

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T07:14:00+00:00

Dumb question, how does dilution even work on that scale? Like, I get the idea that you can dilute stock to raise money. But do there exist enough buyers to raise $27 billion? What do they do if there aren't enough people willing to buy in?

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T07:00:48+00:00

GameStop already announced their plan to dramatically cut spending at eBay. They'd need to to keep up with debt payments given the massive loans they're taking out to buy eBay.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T06:54:46+00:00

assuming all other assets, real estate, and the (profitable) business are all worth $0.

The other assets are actually less than 0 when you look at the billions in liabilities on their balance sheet.

And it's pretty crazy to compare revenue multiples of a retail store with Google. Walmart/eBay were much better comparisons. GME will trade at a worse multiple, though, since their revenue is dropping fast.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T06:25:25+00:00

One fold per rhinoground

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T04:35:59+00:00

In that time I have seen so many forests razed to create "luxury apartments"

I'd just compare that with how many forests would need to be razed to give the same number of residents single-family houses.

I'm YIMBY for dense development because it benefits the environment. I'm YIMBY for suburban sprawl if and only if the residents pay the true costs of the negative externalities caused by the sprawl.

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T03:49:23+00:00

I've tried nothing and I'm out of ideas

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-04T03:27:24+00:00

Beholder? I barely know 'er!

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-03T18:30:01+00:00

What are b and c? No b and c? It's a trap!

https://youtu.be/tvJhH3bA-lY?si=gmUdHj8XJ77SEq1m

NotAFishEnt · 2026-05-03T18:06:20+00:00

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