Endy0816

In many cases there would be increased cost or other issues with alternatives. They may not be as durable, require more volume to ship or increase the product weight. There some alternatives that might work. Leaves, Kelp Alginate. Mainly going to depend on what is locally available or possible to ship far enough.

This is so very true.

I was thinking you could do this though drag and power to change buoyancy might pose scaling issues. See submarines doing this already to a degree when blowing or flooding the ballast tanks, depending on the angles the stern and fairwater planes are at. I would think a compressor would be needed to get the change in buoyancy. Might be other options though.

Slightly worse. Without you even being aware of anything fishy going on, your brain can display recognition of passwords and the like. If this has to do with Nerve Gear there's a thread on it already.

Yeah, not from Ikea, but haven't been real happy with many of the LED bulbs so far. Main issue is also having wireless connection ability. Thinking a wifi switch might work better to allow a range of bulb options. The led strips do a good job though, completes the Cyberpunk aesthetic nicely. Could use a timer/smart plug and maybe a light diffuser but all are fairly simple to rig up.

Ah okay. Thanks! They seem good quality but was just very surprised when saw different colors result while only using standard parts. In theory the connectors are only to help with corners. Thinking be good for doing dual tones or to save when an additional strip might be required nearby.

Picked up some Ikea Dioders Led strip type. Any idea why multiple connectors in series would cause downstream lights to be a different color and if this could be utilized without decreasing the lifespan of the lights? Was thinking maybe due to increasing resistance. After some reconfiguring did get them working nicely for bias and under couch and bed lighting.

I'd probably say something to the effect of helping the user to plan layouts. May wish to mention possibly partnering with furniture manufacturers to provide physical copies for purchase in the future. There's also the possibility of 'living' in AR. Forgoing most static physical possessions altogether that way.

Someone did something recently using magnetic induction for firing hot glue that I thought was an interesting take on it. The had metal pieces inside the glue bullets that they heated.

Do you mean discontinuous?

I'm sure you're probably correct. Thought it looked similar to some of the inspection equipment for the Diesel but didn't see it brought out often.

Can you imagine something not actually having the options to choose from that it might seem to? If you use any programs that have seed values you enter, can see this most clearly there.

Partly random, as stored data will typically play a role as will. Might occasionally need only to make a snap decision, but something like choosing it's favorite color should be just as nondeterministic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondeterministic_algorithm With common deterministic ones you get the issue of always being able to know what a program will do ahead of time, based on initial programming and subsequent inputs.

Here's their company history page: http://www.horiba.com/us/en/scientific/about-us/horiba-jobin-yvon/history-timeline/ Didn't see that device listed, but does mention a move to Arcueil in the 30's.

Free will probably requires a nondeterministic function. That's where randomization comes in. Can't say if required for intelligence, but not hard to set up and would probably be easier in terms of hardware construction.

Well it'd make things easier for it. ie. Skynet hooked up to a circuit simulator. Look for a pattern that shows improvement before implementing physically. Only one of multiple ways it might be done though. There's neuronal noise but I suspect we're largely using something pseudorandom with the main randomization occuring at night. Safer that way. Humans are not considered a good source of random numbers at any rate.

That's a limitation of functions themselves. You are always going to need an external source of entropy for a random result. Would definitely be the realm of philosophy whether random action is required for something to be intelligent. If so though, logically you would have to provide it so as to emulate(or exceed) a human level intelligence. What all would you say your instinctive guesses are based on? There is randomness inherent in even standard hardware. We normally seek to correct or limit this but not required to be the case. They did hardware evolution using FPGA's at one point. https://www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origin-of-circuits/ Not sure changing hardware would be a favored approach over simply simulating but possible.

They can. Do need additional hardware or at least access to it though. Gotta ultimately access the Universe itself for your randomness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_random_number_generator Random.org is a good resource on this. https://www.random.org/ Random.org uses atmospheric noise, though a source like radioactive decay might be easier to relate to here.

Not the whole US government or would not be much of a secret. They should have exhausted legal means first.

Something interesting I found in that episode was that the crew of the Enterprise were seen drawing from an existing cultural database of the surrounding region. This could also explain how the translator always seem to work so fast. The federation, trade partners and allies could all be exchanging information amongst themselves. Logically an Alien species could even be putting their own language database out there to help facilitate contact.

Think we'll be seeing the accretion disc. Sheer distance we're managing to resolve finer details at is really impressive.

I'm imagining having a simple separate program on a timer that could randomly alter the code, interpretation of that code and memory of the AI. Likewise with the right setup the AI could more deliberately alter parts of this itself to a degree. Trying to think if that would be enough or not though so it isn't a TM. Going to have to give this some thought.

We can make it a non-deterministic algorithm instead. Multiply the memory array by random values from hardware source periodically.

Can bring extrernal randomness in to make halting improbable. Programs likewise don't have to be Turing complete. You do get more flexibility that way.

I'm afraid there are already similar designs based on gravity out there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_storage#Gravitational_potential_energy_storage_with_solid_masses I'm not certain you are using your gears as reduction gears, but those are a common element.