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Why assume there has to be a one-to-one mapping? Why assume one physical process can't correspond to an infinity of different qualia?

We assume an infinity of wave-functions correspond to a single physical process without difficulty.

There is an absolutely beautiful rendering of the Mona Lisa encoded at some point in the digits of pi. If you know the position, it's really easy to plot the image.

But first you have to find that position.

Re:NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks on Sunday December 28, 2025 @01:00PM (#46413004)
>What benefit is there to keep this antiquated method around, aside from just as an historical reference?

Analogue clocks are, by design, also visual progress bars. Digital clocks just give you the time. There's a little video talking about this by Technology Connections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-ag

You're describing ZeroNet.

It has ZeroTalk as a Reddit-like thing, ZeroMe as a social network and ZeroBlog as a Twitter-like thing.

https://zeronet.io

https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroTalk

https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroMe

https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroBlog

Re:Arthur C. Clarke Predicted the Rise of AI (1978) on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @07:44PM (#44186807)
Hey, let's not forget 1927's Metropolis, where an authoritarian government uses deepfaked bots to manipulate the population.
Re:Ann, the Small Annotation Server on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @02:19AM (#44038345)
How would this compare to hypothes.is?
Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Restaurant on Sunday April 06, 2025 @05:53AM (#43600242)
Would you consider something like the Ikea cafeteria to be someways similar?
The trick, Muad'Dib, is not minding that it hurts.
Re:Micro Journal: Distraction-Free Writing Device on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @12:00PM (#43174446)
My take on this was to get a boxy old ThinkPad that no longer functioned and fit it with Raspberry Pi, e-ink and LCD. https://github.com/wdbm/cyberDeck_2022