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Post #Axk3qGlqCeHpfhm9Im by [email protected] |
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a common affordance in scifi is that spaceships can just video call each other,… |
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Post #Axk3qGuLh15m65kwYy by [email protected] |
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@halcy Very good point. đ |
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Post #Axk3qHwrp8hVKBwT7w by [email protected] |
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âbut halcy, the computer simply adapts the signalâ try piping an opus bitst… |
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Post #Axk3qIRhyTN2rqN6CO by [email protected] |
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âThis situation where everyone uses their own protocol is ridiculous.â, say… |
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Post #AxkjeAJ6bXEyE2FHzE by [email protected] |
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@halcy and it's called "beaming the picture directly, like projectors … |
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Post #AxkvIuC2WGuFcLZNA0 by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] it's based on matrix |
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Post #Axkw717t16i1bCWQXw by [email protected] |
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@halcy that 99% of everyone can simply just communicate is part of a big long r… |
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Post #Axkw71Ecc463w5fo2q by [email protected] |
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@aeva tower of babel actually the good ending, making it so everyone can talk t… |
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Post #Axkw71KIGydMDgKKsy by [email protected] |
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@halcy "just think about how much more conflict there'd be if they all… |
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Post #Axkw71PFyWbUT4eIca by [email protected] |
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@aeva @halcy romulans quote tweeting klingons |
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Post #AxkyOiPhWpqugRQCTg by [email protected] |
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@aeva this now just has me thinking about the Dumbest War In Sci Fi, the war be… |
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Post #AxkyOiWn6TWX2QjrWq by [email protected] |
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@halcy @aeva Okay why are these not in books that I can buy & read, please? |
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Post #AxkyOicok4LPL7YfvE by [email protected] |
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@cavyherd @aeva largely german-only, unfortunately, though if you speak german,… |
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Post #AxkyOwGI2cdvdJ7ski by [email protected] |
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@halcy Especially since you know every single one of the aliens' protocols … |
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Post #AxkyOwNjawb80ObpM8 by [email protected] |
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@KolaMagpie conference rooms in intergalactic conference centers are, by volume… |
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Post #AxkyOz2vgkjqGjtkqO by [email protected] |
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@halcy Exactly one person on the ship or station knows how to fix whatever prob… |
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Post #AxkyPWlOKSuaqBxEEC by [email protected] |
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@halcy and somehow they all have the same rod+cone count+receptive bands. |
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Post #AxkyPWs7vQIdB56bj6 by [email protected] |
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@fundamental willing to convergent evolution that if everyone happens to live o… |
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Post #AxkyPWzZTkFpYAaYKW by [email protected] |
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@halcy @fundamental There was an episode about this in Next Generation (s06e20 … |
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Post #AxkyPX6J4hdrt3jvpQ by [email protected] |
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@bob_zim @fundamental iâm actually wondering now, the explanation in stargate… |
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Post #AxkyQdtxH7lDGjUXei by [email protected] |
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@halcy i imagine there is a rectangle on each ship that senses light coming fro… |
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Post #AxkyQe0gs59Fbcdv9c by [email protected] |
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@ianh insanely clever solution, actually. just have to make sure the other side… |
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Post #AxkyQrhLym003hhfxQ by [email protected] |
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@halcy also the docking ports are always compatible |
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@halcy you all won't be laughing when you learn the universal galactic hail… |
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Post #AxkyQrvt6jcommVHc0 by [email protected] |
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@cinebox given my employer, i would be laughing through the bank, in fact |
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Post #AxkyRB1Y7uRXzqIZZg by [email protected] |
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@halcy I think there are several signs in Star Trek in of AI that the people of… |
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Post #AxkyRB7ZlVGQIX7Ny4 by [email protected] |
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@mcc extend this a bit further you probably arrive at The Culture |
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Post #AxkyRUzRtQe9v7TB4q by [email protected] |
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@halcy you probably could generate SILK packets with char-rnn |
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Post #AxkyRV5TX1T2DoHzTE by [email protected] |
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@bob potentially hilarious experiment now that i think about it |
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Post #AxkyRi0zT0bWJfI5mi by [email protected] |
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@halcy "open a channel!" "captain, our systems don't underst… |
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Post #AxkyRi7j3xzYeYRTHc by [email protected] |
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@eta â*A* channel? captain we have like several terahertz of band available a… |
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Post #AxkyRu7SSmuLrCPQX2 by [email protected] |
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@halcy @eta "... get it? 'BIT'? Get it??" |
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Post #AxkyRuEY2QZyDBj5aC by [email protected] |
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@ollibaba @halcy @eta ba-dump-TSHING! |
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Post #AxkyS3wpv8LyL9W5Me by [email protected] |
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@halcy @eta and that 1 channel must be so busy near anywhere inhabited |
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Post #AxkzwaJAGqRdLS4uWW by [email protected] |
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@halcy It's an amusing subplot in one of the Expanse books. A character is … |
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Post #Axl1tnL7YyI6njn5Ps by [email protected] |
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@monk "Captain, the lead hostile is hailing us. Looks like they're tra… |
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Post #Axl2fPE6WChlupDAJs by [email protected] |
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@halcy Engineering, ten minutes later: "I've devised a new decryption … |
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Post #AxlCZGcqaBUN2oUpIe by [email protected] |
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@mkj @halcy no, literally projecting their faces on the hull of the other ship |
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Post #AxlCZGjECSapMbTvFI by [email protected] |
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@monk Oh, right. That *would* explain why they always end up so physically clos… |
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Post #AxlRZntIOxojWku6Ea by [email protected] |
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@halcy - once you get faster-than-light communication like these scifi stories … |
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Post #AxlS0yMbZXrhpJZHiS by [email protected] |
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@halcy @eta I like when they hail on all frequencies. So they are just sending … |
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@nuintari @eta now that you say it like that, yeahjust kind of a barely modulat… |
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Post #AxlS0yZMo64cStXTbk by [email protected] |
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@halcy @eta Mr Worf, ring the space gong! |
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Post #AxliRumSbHQrndWxlY by [email protected] |
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@halcy Headcanon: They're sending analog audio & crt linescans. |
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@lispi314 @halcy yeah I think the most universal protocol would be no protocol |
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Post #AxliRv1hgbcqYuf8We by [email protected] |
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@cubeofcheese @halcy There's some synchronization stuff involved with radio… |
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Post #AxliRv8RHZ0stnoW1Y by [email protected] |
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@lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese And a not-so-dumb program (or ML model) that loo… |
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Post #AxliRvFspsy5GtIScy by [email protected] |
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@starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese Also "color" has a very spe… |
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@GalbinusCaeli @starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese using NTSC, SECAM, or … |
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@rrb @starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese Interlaced formats are going to … |
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Post #AxliRvbrWAY6N3a0sy by [email protected] |
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@GalbinusCaeli @rrb @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese I'm sure a circle detect… |
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@starsider @rrb @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese Transmitting circles would be a … |
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@GalbinusCaeli @starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese I would go more for k … |
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@GalbinusCaeli @starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese Or maybe look at how i… |
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@rrb @starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese s/covid/corvid/ ? |
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Post #AxlivUqnZWdK4BfK9Q by [email protected] |
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@GalbinusCaeli @starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese My bad. You are right.… |
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@halcyOh, shoot, I invested my entire retirement account in $ZM stock b/c I ass… |
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Post #AxnEcQsHWR1XvMGxN2 by [email protected] |
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@bkuhn @halcy @realGulDukat @kevin @paul_ipv6 @nicklockwood @eschaton Per Palan… |
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Post #Axnqgig14YgwYM0U3k by [email protected] |
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@GalbinusCaeli @starsider @lispi314 @halcy @cubeofcheese in addition to all thi… |
