I agree this is more like 'religion' than science, as it is not falsifiable, even if this 'proof' purports to do that. It's kind of a pointless exercise of no practical use, however...

But it isn't non-sensical. Because we would have no perspective to know about 'complexity' in absolute terms. We think quantum stuff is small and the speed of light is fast, but that's just because of what we possibly observe. If hypothetically a 3d engine were self aware, they may conclude that triangles are the impossibly smallest things, and some game engine limitations dictated some absolute limits to reality that the outside world sees as a significant simplification.

That's the thing, by definition in the hypothetical the computation device is *not* within the given universe that contains it. Again, if you look at some of these things like minecraft where they build logic devices, they are, in the scale of the target universe, impossibly huge because that's what the in-engine physics allow. So again, such a self-aware hypothetical would conclude that even a simple calculator has to be the size of a large building and mock the concept of a handheld device being able to simulate everything they observe despite us knowing that such a game engine is in fact on the easier side of things a handheld computer can do.

Which comes to another point, we have no absolute concept of time. If it takes the hypothetical higher order universe an hour to simulate a second of our universe, we'd be none the wiser. We do these sorts of things in simulation all the time, though we don't run it for long.

Also there's fact that we don't have any way of really *knowing* everything we think we remember and observe is substantially done at all. In Half Life in-universe they would perceive the phenomenon as some maddeningly complex physics stuff, because that's what the game engine presents. However we know that it's just "special effects". We think we have memory of many years and history of centuries, but a lot of games present themselves the same way, despite never actually *running* that material, just preloading the memory/history into the scenario. Any individual can only speak to what they see in that instant of time and can't know that there's really anything substantial directly behind them let alone light years away.

Trying to disprove is pretty much a waste because the goalposts can move freely.

... this "computer simulation" thing is.

We just ditched abrahamic revelation cult superstition only for it to come back in disguise brought in by pseudo "atheists" and "anti-theists" and their "computer simulation" shtick. Very strange indeed.

If the universe actually is a simulation (which would make no sense at all), the universe that simulation is running in would need to be infinitely more complex and large than the one we're in. That's non-sensical in itself. On top of that, we couldn't tell either way if we're in a simulation, because, well, we'd be simulated. Which alone makes the whole thought exercise pointless in itself.

What "simulation theorists" also seem to generally overlook is the fact that their is a very hard physical limit to how complex a separated computation device can become within a given universe that contains it. Given, those limits are way beyond any human brain in our case, but they _are_ there. A computer the size of the moon in which every atom is a bit would eat up large portions of energy the sun emits and one read/write operation over the entire memory would take a day or multiple days, making a computer of that size totally pointless and any "universe simulation" an impossibility or so slow as to be pointless.

Maybe we should be focusing on actual problems?

Hey, if running on billions is good enough for Java, it's good enough for Chrome and Chrome-likes.

... critical in the cloud that you can't get out again within 2 hours.

I think it was intended as a supremely milquetoast query that would have a search engine pretty much pop up a specific thing the user is after.

And the LLM first approach is *really* bad at that. If you are looking for an existing, canned piece of content, the LLM is a let down. A large chunk of what people want is an existing thing.

LLM as a readily available *option* for the sorts of inputs that it works with? Sure. As a replacement for internet search, not so much.

II, too, do not know what he means by "innovation." It sounds like standard CEO conference-speak blather to me. How do you "innovate" in gaming when your staff's top priority is clinging desperately to their jobs?

But the summary is misleading given the output from the calculator.

So the summary says 4k doesn't matter in the typical living room. Ok, if I look up a typical 4k living room set, the very cheap ones are about 43". I plug that into the calculator at 2m viewing distance (which seems pretty typical and it says 99% of people could tell that it wasn't full resolution.

So I look up 8k sets now and they seem to be more targeting 85" diagonal. Now don't know if I want to devote 85" to a TV, but plugging in 85" for a 4k shows it also is apparently distinguishable to 14% of the population.

Now if you have a 27" TV viewed from a couch, then absolutely none of this makes sense. But the screen sizes associated with the higher resolutions by their own calculator does make a perceptible difference, though subjectively I don't know that it should be reasonably be considered worth it.

... 27" workdesk monitor (extra slim) from HP as my main gaming and movie monitor that I use while sitting on the couch. Price/performance unmatched. Sure, AMOLED would look slightly better, but I still clearly remember the times when 13" Triniton CRT was the best your could get. Compared to that a 27" led LCD display that's only 5mm thick and only costs 130 euros is pure science fiction. Add to that the fact that my eyes are getting worse with age and I'm good and probably won't even go beyond 1080p anytime soon.

... error prone that might be a good thing. Ditching superfluos electronics and adding in good smartphone / tablet mounts as a default instead is actually a better way to do this. It makes the car more repairable.

But something tells me that GM is likely to do the exact opposite. Like removing Android and Apple and adding in their own shoddy version of electronics and software that will be instantly outdated and insanely expensive to repair.

... and sewing?

I've picked up reading again. RPG books for my sessions (I GM Coriolis and Forbidden Lands)
  I've also now added thimble, needles and thread to my EDC and fix buttons, snags in my cargo pants or holes in my backpack, jacket lining or whatever when I'm on the go, sitting in PT or waiting for someone or something. You can think and listen to a podcast or audiobook while doing it and you're doing something useful, helping the environment, saving money and training your confidence and motor skills. Good stuff.

Oh, I'm fully aware that it might cut it off, and then I'll use the FreeSleep project or, failing that, the mod where someone replaced the base with another temperature controller.

EOM

That stupid math was likely done by the same guys who came up with that bonkers epic Jaguar rebrand failure. Likely to hide the huge loss in sales created by it.

Biggest problem is a company like eight sleep has the marketing. So if someone really wants a temperature controlled bed, it's hard to know what a credibly good one is. I *think* Chilipad is a good one, but it's a pretty pricey thing to evaluate and thanks to internet-everything, it's not like you can see for yourself.

But yeah, Eight sleep deserves every amount of bad press they can get for being such a douche company.

They have local controls on most recent models, *however* the controls will deactivate unless the cloud control has blessed the user in the last 24 hours. Before getting going, they'll talk to local phones without internet, but *only* for the end of getting the WIFI set up. They know exactly how to make local phone control work.

It was never about cost savings, it was always about a path to forced recurring revenue. They opened with early adopters not having to pay subscription fee, but still forcing them through the servers. Early adopters also didn't have to pay too much and actually had a decent warranty. When they managed some good momentum, they cranked up the price, tanked the warranty, and forced subscription.