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I think you’ve simply misunderstood the basic mechanism/claim here.
Definitely a premature optimization on my part.
I’m not saying people shouldn’t do it but just to proceed with caution and ideally under professional supervision.
I find just referencing this file over and over works wonders and it respects items that were already checked off really well.
I can get a lot done really fast this way in small enough chunks so i know every bit of code and how it works (tweaking manually of course where needed).
But I can blow through some tickets way faster than before this way.
I understand it doesn’t seem intuitive at first, but evolution is actually quite similar to that.
> Trees produce thorns to keep away animals.
It's not that trees consciously produce thorns to keep animals away. Rather, trees with thorns (due to random mutations) are more likely to survive because they are less likely to be disturbed by animals. Over time, those trees are more likely to reproduce and pass on those traits.
Just like water flows down the path of least resistance, evolution naturally selects for traits that improve survival. The "selecting" we are referring to is used in the same sense that water "selects" which route it takes. It doesn't actually select anything, it's just following the laws of physics.
Why not just grow the first one? It has plateaued and I can’t seem to figure out why.
But we do have manned missions to other celestial bodies, and we have sent and landed probes on Mars. I'm confused as to how a manned mission to Mars is "entirely speculation".
>no precedent to assume it ever becomes possible
This isn't a qualifier for what is possible. We knew it was possible to go to the moon before there was precedent. If anything, you calling it impossible is pure speculation. OP is right, difficult is not the same as impossible.
WRT getting them to communicate? I ended up giving up on that altogether…
I’m usually good at figuring that stuff out but this one ended up not being worth it (in my case).