Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Ok, wait up, like thinking about that last problem, once the computational power becomes infinite, there's nothing to stop anyone from getting the question to any answer at any point in time. Given time, which is inevitable, and progress, which is slightly less inevitable, but has some pretty good momentum at the moment, disregarding the whole middle east thing, charlie hebdo, russia, america, etc. Theoretically, at some point, if the world is to be completely generated, accounted for and computed, one of the best things to start with would be language, as it's completely accounted for and can be used both with infinite precision, and infinite inaccuracy, and is the best storage medium, thus far, for abstract concepts of all varieties(obviously some abstract concepts have specialized languages for more appropriately expressing them, like math and physics). Once the complete and absolute linkage is made from natural language to computer language, there will be nothing in the way of humanity's progress, and we can happily hand over our free will to our hopefully benevolent, and all-computing overlords.

An idea with the Big O of the nth Integral of n^n

I had an idea. It was pretty ok, until I realized that it was essentially a variation of the old monkey typewriter cliche, but with computers and physics. I was wondering if someone could get a complete recording of an event, and put all the data points into a computer, with as much accuracy as possible. Then.... nevermind

Or someone could take a picture of something, and use the basic known rules of the universe to generate a model that fulfills all the known criteria of the known rules. Then they could take that picture and use it as a fitness test for the model. The model would have to include all the measurable data possible during,  preceding and following the event, and would include the photographic data as well, including total light input, lens distortion and whatever other data points that could exist, as well as the error that would go into measuring them. This data could in turn be used to generate blocks of particles that would be subject to a list of functions, including known laws of physics.( The functions could be rated on reliability or something in order to vet further functions that would be added later as they were discovered? I dunno, it's a task for someone smarter than me). In order to transfer the data points of the measured into a complete and accurate visual representation, you'd need to be able to completely account for all of the processes that would occur, and it's possible that some of the processes haven't been accounted for, so it would make sense that some sort of mutable data structure would be necessary for the list of functions. Both the set of functions and sets of particles, would be subject to two different  The functions would then generate a simulation of a picture with the blocks of particles. Maybe there's more to this, but I'm in need of sleep.


Ok, alternatively, in the universe where this above idea is real, how about a movie where the actual components of math were so abstracted away that beyond standard math symbols, there'd be unknown symbols and operators that nobody ever knew, simply because they'd been evolved into existence as part of some kind of wild universe simulation run amok.

wow, what if that got even more out of control, and as the machines evolved more and more solutions, they could start to completely replace people, and we just withered away as we slowly lost our function until the machines calculated us to be vestigial. Wait, that's fucking spooky, are machines the next step in evolution? Ideally, 100% unemployment would be great, as well as perfect healthcare for everyone, and complete happiness in the world. As time goes on, technology is providing all sorts of crazy shit. Whoah, wow
this is really fucking with me on a serious and deep emotional level

THEY'LL NEVER EVOLVE CRACKPOT IDEAS AWAY FROM US. FUCKING NEVER!

this whole thing was a bad idea and if you're reading it, I'm sorry for wasting your time. If you ever find out who I am, and ask me for your time back, I will give you a penny, or whatever pocket shrapnel I have.


Monday, December 15, 2014

Reading some of these streams of consciousness is one of the most cringe-inducing activities I have ever experienced in my life. Who the fuck am I? Who writes this shit? Who would actually allow this to be on a public space? There's little structure, and I can't tolerate much more than the first sentences of each of these miserable pieces of shitty spam. By maintaining this blog, I am shitty. Eat shit everybody. Bask in my filth.
Why do I write these blog posts? What hubris is this?

rekt by ralf

Holy fuck, just watched Wreck It Ralph, and it was OK. Sure, it used every cheap trick to tug at my heartstrings and induce feels against my will, but there was something that seemed really bizarre to me in the end. So, for those who haven't seen it, Ralph is a bad guy in a video game who goes through a mid life crisis and eventually comes to accept his role as a bad guy despite his desire for happiness. He basically gives up his chance at happiness with Vanellope, which would be a super weird relationship, in order to remain as the necessary evil in his system. It's kinda strange given the American obsession with individualism. It stuck out to me as a very strange element, especially since Ralph doesn't really end up making any significant personal change, and all things in the story revert to their original place, though he adopts a personal army of rejected characters to help him in 'bonus levels'. While he does succeed in making his old dump into a somewhat decent place, he also endears himself to his neighbors, which is sort of a significant change. However, the thing that he has not changed is his status in life, which would suggest that the message of the film is against that of class mobility, and would advocate for classes to remain in place, but find joy in their place. It does not advocate for class mobility, but it does not advocate for equality either.

In the end, Ralph remains as the villain, and keeps getting thrown off the roof of the apartment building. This is significant, as it shows Ralph submitting to society instead of finding happiness through change of self or society. This return to evil by Ralph suggests that the only route to happiness is through subservience to society's demands. While it could be seen that his subservience is a sort of dedication to the community, the clear division in Ralph's game suggests otherwise. It would almost seem to tell children that their hopes and dreams are futile in the face of society's needs. It's funny to see that something like this would be produced in this day and age, as there is a clear desire for class separation by the upper classes. It's a bit ridiculous to buy into some sort of conspiracy theory though, and it would make more sense that the writers can only see hope through acceptance of society's demands rather than to follow their own dreams. It's not necessarily a condemnation of the writers as dreamless hacks,  because they did a good job and I enjoyed the movie. Also, I could never even write a watchable commercial. I would instead suggest that the hopelessness for social mobility has seeped in from reality, and that these writers are merely expressing their own frustrations with their inability to close the income gap and become wealthy. Again, not due to their presumably poor posture and halitosis, but to the immense pressure and unrealistic demands of modern day society.

The rigidity of Wreck It Ralph's social systems are tested by Vanellope's(Vanillope?(Vani-lla-beaan??))role and story. It would initially suggest that there is some social mobility, when she uses the rules of the game to get into the race and claim a position as a racer. These are directly contradicted as the plot goes on though. Her nature is revealed as the Rooooyal Princess of Candyland-Mountain or whatever. So, again, instead of being a disruption of the social systems in place, it's a return to monarchy. This is pretty much what the film is all about. Instead of utilizing these changes in scenery to justify some sort of positive social change, they use it to push for class rigidity. By no means is this retarded blog a worthwhile read, or even intelligent use of bits, but if someone were to care enough, I bet they could take the details in this post and make a pretty damning argument that Wreck It Ralph is propaganda against equality and class mobility.

Other than that interesting chunk of storyline facts, I found the movie to be incredibly entertaining. I have nothing but love for Sarah Silverman, probably a little too much. Her voice acting was absolutely charming and had me questioning her age. John C Reilly was terrific as well, and did a pretty good job at expressing the full gamut of emotions, and at times, I could have sworn he sounded like Seth Rogen. Again, I probably have an unhealthy love for Sarah Silverman, so I was paying less attention to him in their scenes together. Jane Lynch and Jack McBrayer were absolutely fucking fantastic in their roles, and I would watch anything they're in except for goddamn Glee. I will not ever watch that musical abomination, but maybe if someone cut out all of Jane Lynch's funny moments and put it into a youtube supercut, I'd probably watch that. At any rate, the movie was a hodgepodge of sentimentality and retro video game motifs, so it appealed to my clearly idiotic sensibilities. I'd watch this again, but if I did, I'd probably do so on shrooms with some Pink Floyd in the background. As far as propaganda is concerned though, I prefer Riefenstahl. (ehehehehe, let's see what the feminists have to say about that one)

Thursday, December 11, 2014

mizutani

Woke up at 4 am today, fresh from a depressed sleep. Threw on Mizutani for the sunrise, and it worked well.

It was about 10 minutes in when it started getting light again, but the rain and misery continue.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

I need to stop running away from things in my life, clicheed as it sounds. Reddit is just another pile of sand to bury my head in. Same with video games. Same with anything that I enjoy in life.