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Title: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on April 07, 2022, 03:43:38 AM

this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"

https://www.space.com/33527-how-fast-is-earth-moving.html

and the obligatory wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down#Modern_allusions_or_variations

alternate thread titles:
damn that was fast(that's what she said...lol)
round and round(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8teXR8VE4)

perhaps an earworm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpRRB6q8hxc

xkcd earth:
https://xkcd.com/1732/

maybe some oatmeal:
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/universe_cat
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

sic(sharing is caring)

20220407-0255am-modified: added xkcd and oatmeal links

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on June 07, 2022, 11:17:33 PM

more oatmeal:
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/reaching_people_2021

found via this commentary:
https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/11/decentralized_internet/

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on June 09, 2022, 10:12:31 AM

this seemed like a fun place to put this newest "achievement"...sigh...

linkfest:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/0128234/google-cloud-calculates-pi-to-100-trillion-digits
https://www.engadget.com/google-cloud-pi-100-trillion-digits-174908346.html
https://blog.google/products/google-cloud/new-digit-pi-2022/

keyword(s):
circle
circumference
divided
by
diameter
equals
3.14
pie
Emma Haruka Iwao

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on August 25, 2022, 05:22:28 PM

more(are we in a simulation a la matrix or perhaps its just those pesky turtles...lol):
https://www.zachaysan.com/writing/2018-01-23-the-world-of-bits
https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation

these were detached from a long linkfest rabbithole...sigh...

just remembered this from the creator of puppy linux and easyos Barry Kauler:
https://bkhome.org/insight/a-theory-of-reality.html

20220825-1627pm-modified-added bkhome.org link

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on September 09, 2022, 10:09:02 AM

Cory Doctorow is always priceless! Uh-oh...

https://pluralistic.net/2022/07/28/descartes-was-an-optimist/#uh-oh

reminds of those old "is it live or is it Memorex" advertisements/commercials...

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on October 21, 2022, 11:04:38 AM

more xkcd:

bubbles all the way down?

https://xkcd.com/2688/

also perhaps for review:
https://drwho.virtadpt.net/page/turtles-all-the-way-down/
(previously mentioned/referenced:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,25252.msg161338.html#msg161338)

20221021-10:09am-cdt-usa-modified-added additional links

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: mocore on October 21, 2022, 12:55:20 PM

Quote from: gadget42 on October 21, 2022, 11:04:38 AM

also perhaps for review:
https://drwho.virtadpt.net/page/turtles-all-the-way-down/

intresting link / writeup ...FTR it in part reminds me of  :D
"Open Source Firmware Conference : I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it" -  https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,25959.0.html

which afair digs more into the depths of modern hw opacity

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on February 04, 2024, 11:16:10 AM

Could our Universe be a simulation? How would we even tell?

Simulations all the way down—the philosophical debate on the nature of our Universe.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/could-our-universe-be-a-simulation-how-would-we-even-tell/

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: mocore on February 25, 2024, 06:57:51 AM

Quote from: gadget42 on February 04, 2024, 11:16:10 AM

Could our Universe be a simulation? How would we even tell?

Simulations all the way down—the philosophical debate on the nature of our Universe.

to that i can only add
(https://i.imgur.com/M3H13UF.jpeg)

Title: Re: this article reminded me of "turtles all the way down"
Post by: gadget42 on February 25, 2024, 09:38:38 AM

https://www.thefarside.com/ never disappoints