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daniel, 2 months ago

@metin Nice illustration and interesting list! 🙂

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin Definitely! Lots of the classics (Back to the Future, Halloween, Alien, Seven, Taxi Driver, etc). To my shame, I have to admit that I've never seen Das Boot, even though it's one of the most famous films ever made in Germany 🙈.

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin Oh, this is cool, you have reviews for all these films (or even more) 😮

You write that the experience survived the test of time. This is good to hear, as I struggle with older films that have not aged well. I think either brilliant films with good dialogue (like I imagine Das Boot) or over-the-top silly films and CGI (like Robocop 😂) still work for me.

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin Have you seen the new adaptation? I have not, but I would be interested in a comparison. I agree that the themes in the old film are visionary, while the presentation is caricatural and charming. But that is something that is rather rare in the modern blockbuster film industry.

daniel, 2 months ago

@mihailim @metin @tomcapuder I agree with Tom and Mihai. The fine-tuning argument is an old one, and I think some people want to read more into it than there is. The chances of winning a lottery are astronomically small, yet it happens surprisingly often.

However, the article is interesting as a philosophical discussion. Physics and philosophy are by definition complementary; physics is the testable part, philosophy the untestable part.

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin I understand that, that's why I identify as an agnostic. From a scientific point of view, you can neither prove nor disprove the existence of a higher being.

I completely agree with everything you said. Open-mindedness is the most important thing! What I said reflects something I've learned: Scientific facts can have a lot of cool interpretations, but in the end there are things that are unknowable to us. Maybe just for now, but maybe forever. Nobody knows 🙂

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin An interesting story to illustrate this, and one I like to tell, is the origin of the many-worlds interpretation in quantum mechanics:

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daniel, 2 months ago

@metin What happens when you observe a quantum state?

(1) The Copenhagen interpretation says that the wave function collapses into a classical state and that is it. An example of this view is Schrödinger's cat.

(2) The Everett interpretation says that there is no collapse, but a branching of different possibilities, one of which we observe. An example of this view is Wigner's friend [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%27s_friend

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daniel, 2 months ago

@metin The second interpretation, later called the "many-worlds interpretation", led to theories of parallel universes, not only in scifi but also in physics.

I could go on about its intricacies and the cool research that followed. But the important thing is that we do not know which view is correct, since both of them lead to the same observations.

Btw, Hugh Everett did not share this "many-worlds" view and commented on it with the word "bullshit" [2].

[2] https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1103/1103.4163.pdf

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daniel, 2 months ago

@metin It's hard not to feel this way 😏

Maybe the universe is conscious and the biggest troll of all 😂

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin I was not familiar with this quote, but I like it! Very mysterious :)

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin Now if have Kopfkino (imagination cinema) of a universe full of sour gummy worms 😂

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin Another great recommendation from you! Luckily this show (among some others) is on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/EOfFRDryVQM

He also seems to have a great sense of timing and a good mimic!

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin Thanks, this is worth a read! Too few people are still aware of what generative AI and LLMs really are, what they're actually capable of and what NOT.

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin You'd make a formidable frontman for a punk band! 🤟

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin But you were right, the game is quite difficult. Though I think I'm getting the hang of it 😅

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin I like the music and the graphics, so I still enjoy it even though I die a lot and have to start again 😅.

Thanks for the tip, I didn't know I could do that. The camera has been one of my biggest problems so far. But I've learnt that I can "overstep" platforms so that the camera moves a bit further to see the next platform. (Hoi seems to be standing in the air, but I'm sure he can support himself with his tail 😁)

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin That said: I just started in the first level and easily got to the conveyor belt section with the bomb enemy. I used the jump pad to trigger the bomb, but one of its pieces hit me in the air. That was unexpected 😂

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin The rock texture is constantly moving as the camera moves, and to the right, you can see a square with the same texture, but slightly shifted. You cannot jump onto this block either. I see that it looks the in your video, so I assume this is intentional and not an artefact of the from the emulator?

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin I just discovered that the bomb can also jump 😱 Though I managed to escape only to die by falling instead. This thing is giving me nightmares 😂

daniel, 2 months ago

@metin I noticed that 😂

Things escalated quickly at the end of the first level with those crazy platform movements and the little islands suddenly falling from the sky. I'm so glad you included a trainer with infinite lives 🙏

daniel, 2 months ago

The game is hard and has a punishing fall damage. So I've seen this picture a lot 😅