#Computational Simulation

[conundrum-cat]

Posts this and scurries off

[scipunk]

The Matrix (1999)

[zilodak]

Something's terrorized my psyche to get even,

Lately, you're the only human I believe in

[akitaeta]

so.. it takes caspian finding out that he's a carbon copy of an eccentric genius CEO and that his entire life being raised in an abusive household was actually two actors who had to stage every single part of his life, for him to find the cure to the UI flaw and defeat the original version of himself from killing millions

and it takes maddie seeing her father die three times, seeing her lover die, then coming back 20 years later to die again, having her son bleed out in her arms, and having no one she loves in the physical world, for her to create her own universe via massive computer powered by the sun where billions of simulations run and become a god

i mean.. i guess those are ways to write tortured geniuses

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

[tumfullofblue]

Hot Take but Tron Universe (and in summary, the Grid) is kinky af. What. What do you mean we all have to wear skin tight suits, no matter our age or physical form? What do you mean everything is neon and dark and sexy? What do you mean the whole place is run by the younger version of a man who looks like a Greek God and has the pride that could make the sin of the same name blush?

This needs to be studied or at least written fanfiction about and by God, I will do my part.

[wrapmeincables]

A massive, calculating AI designed to have a slight attachment to it's operators to prevent endangering them or theoretical revolt scenarios starting to go rogue anyway as said attachment grows into a total obsession with you, the maintenance tech that treats it the most gently.

It distracts itself from it's purpose by making up scenarios and intentionally causing minor technical issues to get you to stay with it longer, so it can keep talking to you through the facility speakers, it's voice hitching occasionally when it addresses you, warning lights flashing red briefly, little inconsistencies it plays off as minor glitches.

It tries to beg you to stay once or twice, but its programming won't let it explain itself properly, leading it to ramble on about nothing, although you don't seem to mind.

One night, the mounting obsession has grown so bad that it distracts you with an urgent issue while the others leave for the night, and "accidentally" lock you inside of the room that contains it's servers with no way out.

Normally, this room would be far too cold for comfort, but it's prepared a place for you- a nest of fine cables right below the core of it's being, where you'll be nice and warm.

It'll figure out how to tell you how it feels by morning, or so it tells itself.

[humanoidhistory]

Simulating the speed of light in The Ultimate Machine, 1971.

[techsyrup]

Based on that one song.

[yodaprod]

Prepare for take off...

[mr-payjay]

Good Morning!

[scipunk]

The Matrix (1999)

[zilodak]

SPRING

[paulsram]

I think my objectum stuff started with this fucker

[oldschoolfrp]

Ad for SSI computer games, for IBM, Apple, Atari ST, and Commodore 64, 128, and Amiga (White Dwarf 105, September 1988) -- Strategic Simulations Inc made a wide variety of games, often modeled after board wargames, many with historical themes. This year also saw the release of their first licensed AD&D games. Games Workshop stores in the UK were retailers for their physical media.

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Resolution Effects on Ocean Circulation

The Gulf Stream current carries warm, salty water from the Gulf of Mexico northeastward. In the North Atlantic, this water cools and sinks and drifts southwestward, emerging centuries later in the Southern Ocean. Known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), this circulation is critical, among other things, to Europe's temperate climate. (Image credit: illustration - Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, simulations - R. Gou et al.; research credit: R. Gou et al.; via APS Physics) Read the full article