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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.

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.

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 :).

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.

...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.

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.

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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.

(You're probably already aware of this but just in case you're not...) HN restricts the timing of replies deeper into conversations, sometimes annoying but it suppresses flame wars and what-have-yous.

I see that you're getting downvotes but I wish to cast my support for your comment. I suggest those interested in the thought process please check out the book What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly. The book basically says that technological growth is almost independent of human input.

I've always gotta throw in a plug for my favorite sci fi novel Blindsight (available to read free on the internet: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm) when I see threads like this.

Chiming in with a slightly relevant blog post from Peter Watts about a re-imagined "Spock's Brain": http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=4335

My gut says a majority, I believe that the war is truly inward. A flagging system wouldn't be too difficult. You could even flag people who aren't dead and yet haven't raised a flag in some time-frame (Unibomber). Statistical analysis, the data's all there. Set up keys that resemble the analyses's output. Find what you're looking for. Unfortunately, those keys are controllable. You'll always find people who fit a certain profile, you will always find who you're looking for. Unfortunately, you'll require some vagueness to ensure that the net you've cast doesn't have holes too large.

Unfortunately, someone out there must really have a craving for "weird old tricks" and "shocking conclusions".

This problem seems concurrent to the old mystery of Viruses Spontaneously Self-Constructing On People's Computers. "How did you get all these viruses on your computer?" "I didn't do anything it just happened." "Okay, well be really careful what you click on." "I am careful!"

I'm trying to integrate your linked paper (thank you for that) to a discussion about philosophical zombies and parallel yet alternate behavioral heuristics but I'm afraid I don't quite have the energy.

Thank you for your response.

because any success will (I think) result in complete insanity.

Why's that?

This is why anonymity is important.

It's been a while since I've messed about on here: http://turing.gatech.edu/ (I don't even remember if it's the same thing I was involved in)

People are pretty good at guessing whether someone is telling the truth about their identity on the internet. Anonymity adds unnecessary obfuscation, makes for a game of trying to guess the other person's perspective. Non-anonymity should be a choice, and I believe that it adds value to a person's perspective.

We need to be comfortable with the differences between persons, we do not need some cosmic blur sweeping across our identities.

I consider it good luck when I find something in the first and in the last place that I've looked (especially when I didn't know I was looking for it :)).

Aye :)

A variation: Caps-Lock swapped with Backspace. This has worked well for me.

Perhaps there can be screenings at some frequency to determine one's health. If a person consistently shows a lack of inclination to take care of themselves and follow advice, that behavior is logged and they automatically get de-prioritized when waiting lists are involved. I would assume that generally healthy people are just more of a positive investment, but if someone makes the motions of good health but encounters some life-changing event then they can be said to have shown an inclination to take care of themselves.

Yeah, conjugal visits at work would be great :).

I almost feel like everything else is dated, like the only true improvement would be a brain-machine interface.

I'm frustrated by comments like these that lump all of "my generation" into one bucket, as if the variety of people all around the same age can be combined into a single undifferentiated mass.

The scope of parent's comment is set at generation. Or specifically "my generation", localizing the experience to a time and place.

The answer, as with so many things in life is, "It depends." Some millennials were probably given bad information that lead them to make poor choices. Some were given bad information but nonetheless were able to see past it to make good choices. Some just had rich parents so they were able to go to college without accruing any debt at all.

I had a similar experience as parent: the hubris of college education ejaculated throughout my k-12 education. Some of us saw through the BS, but there are plenty of people wondering what the hell kind phony dream they bought into, another American dream-bubble bursting with ulterior motives.

Lumping 80 million people together (the majority of whom will never get a degree) is silly.

Culture is amorphous and hard to grasp in the present, arguably more difficult as time passes. But there are historical themes that can be said to have affected the "mind of the generation". I would call "get a college education" one of those themes, which has been pretty consistent from my interactions with people. Example: coming from older people "are you in school?" "No." "Shame on you."

Can anyone think of a "writing mistakes" version of this blog?

Making public another's writing may be too far.... But it would be interesting to mine the data and classify non-grammatical writing mistakes, specifically to ease the stress of grading college junior research papers -- some of which are written at a middle-school writing level -- by parsing sentences and auto-applying applicable writing mistake classification, to which I can gently glide my eyes to and convert to something intelligible.

Language is a strange and large territory. And, almost by definition, any social animal must be able to communicate with each other; And, in order to communicate, there must be shared formal rules. In essence: syntax.

Can you add an independent volume control (unless I've missed it....)? I like to play smooth jazz over stuff like this :). Especially the rain and fire sounds. It would make finding proper volume proportions easier.

Personally, I feel like there is a stage in life where things should be free or cheaper. I would not be the person I am today if it weren't for torrents and Usenet. Seriously. Today, I am happy to compensate all writers, artists, programmers, and others for their intangible work. But quite simply, I was a very thirsty teenager and if I had waited for a job in order to drink, I would be stunted.

My little Kubes:

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Ah RadioShack, where I acquired Jazz Jackrabbit and a circuit board toy with my dad. It's sad that RadioShack isn't as fun as I remember it being, but last time I was in I saw a similar circuit board toy which is nice. It's always sad to hear that a company treats their employees as though they are no more than cattle tugging a plow.

All human languages consist of syntax and phonetics. Programming languages act as an intermediary between human intelligence and machine intelligence. We almost always require the language aspect of programming to communicate with computer hardware. It is a link for compiling syntax between both the human mind and the computer mind. We need a common means to compile information, just like communicating ideas between people. Programming languages are exactly the same thing as traditional spoken language.

I'll argue that to parse any language requires a specific cognitive skill. Ever sentence diagram, look up a word in the dictionary, or look up what specific programming "words" do in a computer?