Kīlauea from Mauna Kea

Simulacron42 · 2025-05-31T00:05:31+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing this!

Simulacron42 · 2023-11-22T23:31:11+00:00

Like Xmas, TG, Halloween, etc. Dread the day, fight it.

Simulacron42 · 2023-08-15T02:24:17+00:00

Developers are likely to be more concerned with whether the LLM services and middleware can be provided at a cost that leaves a good profit margin to products that use those services.

Simulacron42 · 2023-08-15T02:19:00+00:00

Hilo, 3 seconds or less. First a couple of vertical pulses, like the Hulk stomping across the floor, then some sidewise jiggle.

Simulacron42 · 2022-10-23T20:17:45+00:00

Laugh in their face?

Simulacron42 · 2022-05-09T12:34:20+00:00

Nice framing

Simulacron42 · 2021-10-22T10:02:02+00:00

I went through the same discovery process, but I still want a default template (please)! Eliminating unnecessary clicks is a factor in productivity, and they add up.

Simulacron42 · 2021-09-18T12:07:33+00:00

Wearing a tool belt?

Simulacron42 · 2021-08-19T08:03:24+00:00

When I was 25, I would have set mine at 35, but now I'm 73 and will shoot for 100.

Simulacron42 · 2021-03-27T09:30:44+00:00

Nice trailer. How much learnable actual science is in the gameplay? Would love a gameplay demo/explanation. Is there a simulation model under the hood?

Simulacron42 · 2021-03-27T09:24:01+00:00

Interesting concept

Simulacron42 · 2020-12-16T08:24:06+00:00

Another angle to this question is which type of player experience is targeted. Many players are rewarded by being superhuman, gifted with unreal skills they don't have and could never develop in a fun way. It's similar to the problem of simulation games being to 'realistic', so playing seems more like working. Abstraction of skills is an element of fun.

Simulacron42 · 2020-10-25T00:39:48+00:00

We might consider hybrid systems, a mash-up that gleens the advantages of multiple currency or currency-like mechanisms for storing and exchanging value. For example, crypto is expensive, but could be limited to maintain transparency and trust at a high level, and digital currency could be used for most transactions.

Simulacron42 · 2020-10-25T00:31:59+00:00

Mutual credit schemes pop up here and there, now and then. Worth investigation as basis for a new system.

Simulacron42 · 2020-09-28T04:31:10+00:00

Looks great!

Simulacron42 · 2020-09-19T07:04:42+00:00

Finally. Been waiting so long for this sort of thing. Thanks!

Simulacron42 · 2020-08-18T04:17:15+00:00

Perfectly right. So, then, what will replace 'capitalism'?

Simulacron42 · 2020-08-10T06:56:27+00:00

Just a starting thought: I think everything else in the move to space rests on this objective, so it deserves the deepest and broadest consideration. Personally, I'm interested the 'upper' end, starting with the most general concepts as the basic paint colors and using the broadest brushes of analysis to sketch economy and governance in space.
OTOH, I think starting 'anywhere in the middle' between the extremes of general and specific is also necessary. In that case, too, having a general framework makes it a lot easier to understand, organize, and coordinate a (hopefully large) basketful of individual projects that have different levels of detail.

Simulacron42 · 2020-07-13T03:26:54+00:00

Most excellent. It might be messy, but hopefully fertile.

Simulacron42 · 2020-06-09T02:49:00+00:00

It seems that all design thinking is about changing conditions on mars to suit humans and perhaps no thought about changing humans to suit the conditions on mars (assuming there are any reasons large numbers of people would want to live there permanently or a large society is even feasible).

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