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RevRal commented on Jonathan Blow – Preventing the Collapse of Civilization   youtube.com/watch?v=pW-SO... · Posted by u/coziestSoup
RevRal · 6 years ago
I submitted a post earlier this morning that was flagged, this YouTube video is relevant. Here's the text of that post:

We're looking for people with the audacity, the gumption, the gall to save the world. We're looking for people to join an ambitious project ---regardless of technical aptitude --the most important quality being bravery--·--- , a project designed to save the world, a project that has been in development for over four years. We are currently readying a presentation for a cloud funding campaign, We do not wish to publicly provide more information than this. If you think you might be interested, email (using the email address within my profile) me and I'll provide more information, but please keep the information private even if you decide that the project is not for you.

Looking especially for lisp programmers.

RevRal commented on processing_system   solace-corp.com/viewtopic... · Posted by u/RevRal
RevRal · 8 years ago
Networked functional programming and macros. Develop the mechanisms of interpretation of a high-level binary code, where computing a string of the binary code results both in a symmetrical output for error checking and the result of the computation. The result would be a component of the computation which can output into another computation or output to the user.

I'm not sure about the genetic code stuff.

RevRal commented on FuckI'mDoingIt,PostingSomethingIWrote:A Convergence of Culture and Communication    · Posted by u/RevRal
asimuvPR · 9 years ago
So a generic binary format that multiple machines can write / read as if it was a simple file? Or am I wrong?
RevRal · 9 years ago
Sounds like you get it! Honestly, what I really want to see is long strings of binary projected as 2d or 3d abstractions from the raw binary, by a variety of means. I really wanted to account for leading up to this, these were also considerations for the binary format. The idea is to test a variety of ways that 1d binary can be replotted in 2d or 3d in a virtual space, then examine the 2d or 3d space to see what sort of weird computations it does! It might be possible to isolate groups of binary that interact and do specific things. The idea is to emulate a computational space that does not decay! I'm inspired by the idea that computers don't have to work by exactly the same principles we have always used.

Basically, I want to see every computer become a complex transistor.

I'm a fan of the book Permutation City :).

RevRal commented on FuckI'mDoingIt,PostingSomethingIWrote:A Convergence of Culture and Communication    · Posted by u/RevRal
asimuvPR · 9 years ago
That's interesting. Mind explaining it using the picture?
RevRal · 9 years ago
When I was envisioning this, I was imaging it being an expansive collective of binary, as though the connected computers create a "sheet" of information.

There was an issue with binary not creating a repetitive pattern when plotted. Sorry, it's one of those things where I remember going in with the problem and coming out with the solution and revisiting my process is on my to-do list. But basically, to solve the problem the digits from the decimal point needed to be taken into account. Makes this some kind of mixed radix system.

Ultimately, a part of this whole creation requires a non-resistant symmetry (meaning that redundancy checks naturally occur) between computers. I figured this out by basically giving all binary a numerical value. The dots to the right of the axis of that picture would be inverted numbers and colors. This is the automatic checksum between computers, entries should add to zero.

RevRal commented on FuckI'mDoingIt,PostingSomethingIWrote:A Convergence of Culture and Communication    · Posted by u/RevRal
asimuvPR · 9 years ago
It would be nice to have this presented visually. It is a bit hard to grasp. Not being negative. Just asking for a better explanation of what seems like a really interesting system. :)
RevRal · 9 years ago
...content can hold entirely different location schemes, but must still use the same sequencing scheme...

...how does one maintain a coherent reference-ability of syntax within entries...

...to answer that question I must describe the means to sequence the entries themselves...

...the sequencing scheme is: Start at 0, every new entry attaches to the next unused natural number...

...by using the sequencing scheme, an entity other than the entry creator exists to generate a sequence of numbers for use by entry creators...

...every entry sequence generator is given a unique ID to append their generated sequence number...

...EntryCreatorID to append SequenceGeneratorID and Sequence...

...[EntryCreatorID][SequenceGeneratorID][Sequence]...

...another sequence generator, this one generates creator IDs. This sequence generator must have a unique ID as well...

...[EntryCreatorID-GeneratorID][EntryCreatorID][Sequence-GeneratorID][Sequence]...

...[EntryCreatorID] can choose any [Sequence-GeneratorID] for any given entry...

...the creation and operation of any GeneratorID entity must be done with utmost transparency and fairness...

...any new ID sequenced must follow the sequencing scheme...

...develop a type of scientific notation to describe large sequence numbers...

...all of this allows for a synchronization system without the requirement of mediaries for coordination...

...this system is a little like the Dewey Decimal System...

...this is a numbering system for cataloging and referencing ideas...

...everything is sequenced in binary...

...entries are never allowed to be edited, revisions are submitted as a subset to the entry...

...it is possible for entries to be “forgotten” if nobody else looked at the entry...

...meaning if the entry exists on more than one computer, it cannot be forgotten until it is deleted from each computer...

...merely looking at entries temporarily stores the entry onto the looker’s computer...

...we each specify how we like to retain such information on our computers by default...

...every entry is actually a complicated number. [location].[syntax][content]. That’s, location, decimal point, syntax, and content...

...every single bit has an inherent location ID, its value and distance from the decimal point...

...more on that later...

...discussions to fit within the format of this structure...

...creators can choose a sequence generator to use...

...this is an information space. A data-web. A model with infinitely interconnecting parts and the potential to accommodate the rapid expansion of knowledge. Its a platform for discourse, a means to conduct rapid responses to existential risks, and a potential means to vote...

...And imagine being able to run a query to return all the tables within recorded research within a specific parameter.

RevRal commented on FuckI'mDoingIt,PostingSomethingIWrote:A Convergence of Culture and Communication    · Posted by u/RevRal
asimuvPR · 9 years ago
It would be nice to have this presented visually. It is a bit hard to grasp. Not being negative. Just asking for a better explanation of what seems like a really interesting system. :)
RevRal · 9 years ago
Thanks... yeah, I'm trying to figure out the best way to present it on here. It might all actually be a bit hard to describe without them. For instance, the special binary I had to develop to overcome some technical issues.

http://i.imgur.com/p4pr8b9.jpg

RevRal commented on FuckI'mDoingIt,PostingSomethingIWrote:A Convergence of Culture and Communication    · Posted by u/RevRal
RevRal · 9 years ago
The Problem [I'm trying to solve]

Current research dissemination platforms repeat these problems with every publication:

The research is presented in a publication layout (ever try converting a research paper PDF into an ePub or simply linear text?)

Data are not stored in a data array (tables are static, values and functions used are not clear or represented in a searchable format)

Graphs and other aids are stored as images rather than vector functions

Functions per axis or table range are not reduced to a standardized, searchable, syntax

Linkage of ideas, categories, subjects, functions, and what-have-yous across research is cumbersome

Descriptions within the research are not clearly separated as nested descriptions. That is: the boundaries between descriptions are not clear. Or, when fuzziness is inherent in the subject, then the degree of fuzziness is unclear.

A means to coherently discuss the research

The process of peer review is nearly invisible; the discourse during the process of peer review is mostly unavailable; "reviewers" are basically anonymous and there is no simple way to reference their contributions to other peer reviews

There is no seamless way to reconcile information within research to other research: it can be needlessly difficult to conduct redundancy checks between studies. This process is a component of the present peer review process, but current research is not set up for continuous peer review. The processes is invisible and gives no room for research to just evolve and branch out on its own.

Matching data between hosts: Maybe this is silly but there is no good process to determine if my physical copy of a journal has no errors.

These issues by their necessity to the current platform create resistance to the expansion of our scientific knowledgebase. The dissemination of knowledge must be completely open and standardized. The issues here expressed inform the remedy’s structure, syntax, means of access, a means for discourse, and a means to represent people.

Starting now, it is important that this principle be upheld: An entity can never obtain more than one ID.

u/RevRal

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