Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensive model of city life

Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by jmcmahon443 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:32PM (#13886387)

This is breakthrough. I'm telling you, it is a game changer, and it was coded by women -- which is also significant.

Simulation of human life combined with reality capture and BIM software are going to change the game. So-much-so that the market price of commodities like copper and aluminum are going to become of GLOBAL interest.

This could not have come at a better time than when scientists are freaking out about the Great Barrier Reef being almost completely dead.

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by beaconstudios on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:19PM (#13886850)

I can tell you're excited by this, but I can't be sure as to why. Which "game" do you think this project is going to change? Bearing in mind that simulating/predicting mass psychology/behaviour has been mainstream in the field of economics for quite some time.

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by jmcmahon443 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:10PM (#13887373)

Lol'ing at the downvotes, don't care.

Because it is not so focused on people as much as it is with "people in cities." Cities are the future of low carbon emissions. So specifically simulating and visualizing the happiness of people within cities is huge. There is great potential for this work.

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by kolinko on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:08PM (#13888060)

I think you're getting downvoted because your comment sounds like rambling.

Perhaps you have some good ideas, but the form is terrible.

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by prawn on Thursday March 16, 2017 @06:15PM (#13889693)

I assumed it was a bot incorporating unrelated keyphrases.

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by jmcmahon443 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @04:24PM (#13888830)

That's the point. Francis has the good ideas, I'm just supporting them!

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by nether on Thursday March 16, 2017 @06:12PM (#13889671)

Only one of the authors is a woman.

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by jmcmahon443 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @08:21PM (#13890338)

*not a white man

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Re:Humans of Simulated New York: an exploratory comprehensiv... by nether on Thursday March 16, 2017 @09:01PM (#13890501)

*ok

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