would it not be easy to derive those ten lines of code
Interestingly enough, stephen wolfram is trying this by creating and running every permutation of every possible program. He claims to have found some that are close, but nothing that matches our universe yet.
Here is a long, but interesting talk about possible universes and possible types of consciousnesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
If you follow through to the logical conclusion, it is this exactly. Unless there is a hardware failure, how can a computer program decide not to follow instructions not explicitly coded? At the machine code level how could an if-then-else structure take a path that was non deterministic? Could you write a program that has free will where you are not able to step the code backward and find exactly why a particular branch was taken? Free will requires a black box that you cannot look inside of.
If you can't look inside of it, then does it exist in the universe, ie, is it material? God of the gaps, filling in magic where science cannot look. Or if you can look, then it has physical rules that must be followed, rules that you can work backwards from to the creation of the universe and hence no free will.
Food $200/month, mortgage $700/month, taxes $200 month, utilities $200/month ~$15k/year. Throw in a beater car for another $200/month or take the bus/bike. Easily workable with a median salary of $50k/year. Get a roommate for another $400/month income.
When I was in Kenya, I saw a number of naked (or partially) kids. They were begging for food so I assumed they didn't have enough money. In very rural, but not masaii area. There'd be kids with shoes and a t-shirt, but nothing else.
Is that for identical loaves? That is the spread where I am between the crap fluff bread and artisan organic seven grain loaf. What is the spread of your bread prices? And how much do you pay for flour? I have a bread machine and make very excellent bread for about $0.70/lb.
It's what I did. Ten years in and I still haven't spent what I used to earn in a year, and that includes a new house and off the grid support system (water, electricity, sewer/septic).
In very many parts of the US at least, living can be very inexpensive (and living well). I'm not the only one. I know a couple people who quit their jobs after making a few hundred thousand dollars on stocks, but mostly deadheads and commune types who live almost for free, well, but a very hippie lifestyle. Not me, I'm a wimp and have a modern house and a barn full of cheap consumer gadgets to play with.
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would it not be easy to derive those ten lines of code
Interestingly enough, stephen wolfram is trying this by creating and running every permutation of every possible program. He claims to have found some that are close, but nothing that matches our universe yet.
Here is a long, but interesting talk about possible universes and possible types of consciousnesses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
simulation is that it has been running for so long without being turned off.
No, all of past history could be constructed as memories and the simulation started 1ms ago. https://youtu.be/DPjW-P03oK0?t...
Similarly, there is no proof that free will exists and that we're all not automatons following the rules of physics.
If you can't look inside of it, then does it exist in the universe, ie, is it material? God of the gaps, filling in magic where science cannot look. Or if you can look, then it has physical rules that must be followed, rules that you can work backwards from to the creation of the universe and hence no free will.
Bad link.... here. The Computational Universe
Or eight years ago.
Let's say you have a 10M-line computer program
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You're forgetting Canada who couldn't either and almost killed a few dozen people.
Food $200/month, mortgage $700/month, taxes $200 month, utilities $200/month ~$15k/year. Throw in a beater car for another $200/month or take the bus/bike. Easily workable with a median salary of $50k/year. Get a roommate for another $400/month income.
One parent could sustain the house, rather well.
This is entirely possible today based on at least a dozen people whom I know personally are doing it, and not with $100k salaries either.
When I was in Kenya, I saw a number of naked (or partially) kids. They were begging for food so I assumed they didn't have enough money. In very rural, but not masaii area. There'd be kids with shoes and a t-shirt, but nothing else.
$0.88 and it's now $4.25/loaf
Is that for identical loaves? That is the spread where I am between the crap fluff bread and artisan organic seven grain loaf. What is the spread of your bread prices? And how much do you pay for flour? I have a bread machine and make very excellent bread for about $0.70/lb.
They only have to be 1/10th as good to break even.
Do you honestly believe the teamsters will let that happen?
Ten years is enough to save enough to retire for 20 years if you work at it and have discipline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
In very many parts of the US at least, living can be very inexpensive (and living well). I'm not the only one. I know a couple people who quit their jobs after making a few hundred thousand dollars on stocks, but mostly deadheads and commune types who live almost for free, well, but a very hippie lifestyle. Not me, I'm a wimp and have a modern house and a barn full of cheap consumer gadgets to play with.
Yeah, I don't see any "tortuous logic" here.
True, you need an IFR rating.
Feynman said it first.
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