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Re:Special projects by dlubarov on Thursday July 28, 2016 @02:40PM (#12182192)
Why would our creators want to avoid nested simulation?
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Re:Special projects by guelo on Thursday July 28, 2016 @02:49PM (#12182257)
The singularity would probably overheat the host computer.
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Re:Special projects by dlubarov on Thursday July 28, 2016 @06:18PM (#12183617)
Possibly. Our simulation might be run on hypercomputers whose performance isn't affected by that sort of complexity. Heat might not even exist in the host universe's physics.
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Re:Special projects by foota on Thursday July 28, 2016 @03:08PM (#12182404)
System going down for maintenance now
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Re:Special projects by joelg on Thursday July 28, 2016 @03:20PM (#12182493)
It may have been down for maintenance for millennia since your comment, and just come back now, but none of us noticed!

Insert your favorite Matrix déjà vu reference here.

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