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Can't wait for someone claiming the universe is made of Rust (the programming language), and how much better is than being made of C.

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Elon Musk's efforts to break us out of the simulation [1] will be much harder if he can't find a suitable buffer overflow to exploit.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2016/10/13/elon-mus...

> Elon Musk's efforts to break us out of the simulation [1] will be much harder if he can't find a suitable buffer overflow to exploit

It's astounding that someone as obviously intelligent as Musk believes in creationism.

If I have a big, fast computer and I simulate a universe by randomly defining a set of rules and then hit "go" over-and-over-and-over again, if life arises in one of them is that creationism? Isn't it more correct to say I am exploring the space of all possible universes to see which ones generate life?

> If I have a big, fast computer and I simulate a universe by randomly defining a set of rules and then hit "go" over-and-over-and-over again, if life arises in one of them is that creationism? Isn't it more correct to say I am exploring the space of all possible universes to see which ones generate life?

Both statements would be true.

When I multiply 5 and 6 am I creating 30?

Could you clarify the point you're trying to make?

That's probably pretty much exactly what Tegmark claims: somewhere in this structure there really is a universe simulated in rust.

That all came about because Java/Swing sucks!

Hey! Java/Swing is one of the most respected platforms for running universe-type applications!

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