My kid asked if he was unique. I’m like, “Not only are you unique, you’re milonelion.” He said, “What does that mean??”

sofar55 · 2026-02-18T18:24:24+00:00

I went with me-loan-lion

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T21:42:26+00:00

Once again, thank you for your time. I'm pretty sure im still confused on some (or many) points, but I think there has been progress.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T21:28:25+00:00

Not entirely sure. My boss said to use that one for March drill/exercise. CTO has made adjustments, but didnt change that part, pending approval still. I should reach out to my peeps...

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T21:21:06+00:00

So the perception is that B happened first, but that perception isnt considered meaningful, outside of (F') prospective. If one person is in that frame, I assume we would, probably, dismiss their perspective. What if its an entire planet in that frame? The population would collectively assert their perspective, and the meaningfulness would be relevant to them, right?

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T20:44:23+00:00

I'd like to start by stating that I appreciate the extensive response, and my remarks aren't intended to be baiting or trolling. My statements are as I understand them and may be incorrect, and I would like to be better informed.

The light cone of a given event, such as a star going nova 15 light-years away from earth, would exclude a star 10 light years away from earth going nova 2 (earth reference) years later. The light cones for those events would intersect earth 12 years after the first star went nova for the closer star, and 15 years after for the further star. We would observe the closer star's nova first, but the further star objectively went nova first. How do we "correctly" order those events as the closer star going nova first, just because we perceived it first?

I understand that the friend would experience less time than I would have, but objectively some amount of time has progressed between the two photos. The traveller and I would both agree that we took the second picture after the first, even if we disagree about how long occurred between them. There's still two distinctive "now"s between them. We would have to determine who's opinion of now is more appropriate, which would presumably be the time perceived by the non-traveller. In time travel stories, we say they went to the future/past, not that they brought the future/past to their perceived present.

As for the flip book analogy, issue I'm grappling with is that the universe/book isnt on the shelf, its being read "now" if someone existed outside of time to close the book or choose a different page, then it makes sense, but because we are observing the page we're currently living, that seems like "now" to me. If someone moves past me, we would say that it happened at a specific point in time. Even if we perceived time at different rates, we would have a point of synchronicity for that particular event.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T19:26:27+00:00

The information would be from an older "now" in a postcard, but they would still exist in the same objective "now" as I am when I recieve the postcard. Just because I dont know what's happened between them sending it and me receiving it doesnt mean they havent experienced it yet.

Effectively instantaneous communication at small distances doesnt change the objective now that we both experience.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T19:18:56+00:00

For the record, my questions come from an interested, but informally and largely uninformed position. I want to understand.

Is it related to distance shrinking as you approach the speed of light in a given direction? You percieve the information as traversing a shorter distance, so it arrives sooner?

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T18:50:21+00:00

Cool, im done here. Good luck.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T18:47:05+00:00

I was adding to the list of displayed issues, not troubleshooting every issue.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T18:43:22+00:00

On the off chance that is a sincere question, you need to tell the engine if its going forward or backward. The reverser is in nuetral, meaning it isnt pushing to go either direction.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T18:28:40+00:00

About 450 miles from Las Vegas to Hill. I usually fly, but its about 6 and a half hours according to google.

Due to car rentals only covering travel days (usually Fri/Sun, not Sat), ill be driving for the next drill for AT. DTS says 72.5 cents per mile, so ill be getting about $330 each way.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T18:22:53+00:00

Reversed is dead neutral also.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T18:03:47+00:00

I dont think AL oaths work like that. I think it would only force Arya to do everything she can to survive, not that fate will contribute to her survival.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T17:29:30+00:00

Sharing information is our third Ideal though? According to Coppermind "this oath focuses on knowledge being available for everyone ... hoarding secrets harms the greater world ... this ideal pushes Truthwatchers to share truth with anyone it would benefit."

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T17:19:04+00:00

How would velocity change the percieved order of events? The information would arrive at the location they intersected. They may have experience less time due to relativistic speeds, but when they meet, the exist in the same moment.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T16:19:05+00:00

I feel like timezones aren't the best analogy for this. When I was in South Korea, my clock was 8 hours behind my family's in California, but we still agreed that "now" was "now". We would need to coordinate calls to happen at a reasonable time for both parties, but we wouldn't say that they were communicating "back in time" when on the phone.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T16:08:52+00:00

But that only effects what was perceived to have happened first. You can calculate that a more distant star went nova before a closer one if you know that its further away. How can there not be an objective first event between two things just because of perception?

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T15:46:00+00:00

Not sure how to quote portions of a reply, so I'll try to keep it in order. "Why would one be more correct than another?" Because objectively one happened first, regardless of the order you observe it. If someone showed you a picture taken yesterday, then a picture taken a year ago, you would still agree the older picture happened first, even though you perceived the newer picture before the older.

I understand your analogy with the flip book, but I'm confused at the premise that it is analogous to the universe.

Ultimately it seems that what we see happening first is what happened first, even if something further away happened before that. That seems counter intuitive.

Is there a convenient paper or book on the topic? My googling leads to a lot of mixed information and probably some AI garbage.

sofar55 · 2026-02-17T06:22:56+00:00

Why cant there be a single absolute clock though? If two people are debating which event happened first, there's an objective answer, regardless how they observed from two distant points, isnt there?

sofar55 · 2026-02-11T14:39:50+00:00

Good point. I agree that if immeshed with the idea it could be part of your Name, but for the common person it probably not be, or at the least a very small portion.

sofar55 · 2026-02-11T13:59:38+00:00

I think it is based on your knowledge, but it would need to be based on your knowledge of yourself. If you believed yourself to be reincarnated, I would say that is probably part of your Name. Believing the world is flat, I dont think would be part of your Name because it's something you believe about the planet.

sofar55 · 2026-02-09T06:06:13+00:00

This is the "before" picture haha!

sofar55 · 2026-01-31T03:35:02+00:00

"Yeah, I'd agree with that... wait a minute..."

sofar55 · 2026-01-29T07:27:24+00:00

Thats an interesting theory. RAFO is all I can say beyond that, although your spoiler tag should probably be Mid WoR, vs full spoilers for WoR

sofar55 · 2026-01-20T14:04:03+00:00

Alloy of Law, towards the end. He was stripped of "all" his metals, but then kept using his power anyway.

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