Comments on: Yo, Robert. https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45944 podrock Sat, 07 Nov 2020 02:34:15 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45944 Maybe tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45943 RL Sat, 07 Nov 2020 02:21:34 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45943 Then see how well you sleep tonight... Then see how well you sleep tonight…

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45920 podrock Fri, 06 Nov 2020 03:17:00 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45920 I'm not yet convinced that y'all are not just a simulation. I’m not yet convinced that y’all are not just a simulation.

]]> By: Vitruvius https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45812 Vitruvius Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:27:52 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45812 Honestly, barring my personal info, I wouldn't mind this happening. Your best bet would be to simply hit up a few college humanities departments online, and see if any grad students want to try their luck. Honestly, barring my personal info, I wouldn’t mind this happening. Your best bet would be to simply hit up a few college humanities departments online, and see if any grad students want to try their luck.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45808 Robert Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:41:53 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45808 and similar thoughts have occurred to me. Perhaps somebody studying the (d)evolution of society could do a lexical analysis of the posts over time, to track the increase in polarization and the breakdown of civility. It might not be a smooth curve--there were early examples that would show up as anomalous blips on a hypothetical curve. Like the "Trench Knife Incident" in the first few months of the Zone's life, foreshadowing the rightwing propensity for violence. I've procrastinated (of course), perhaps because turning the database over to a scholarly organization would feel tantamount to pronouncing the Zone dead, and ready for its autopsy. I had grand plans to spruce up the place a year ago, about half realized, and organize it into a chronological "journal" format that would tell a story over time. I think the surgery knocked the wind out of me, because I've been pretty unambitious since then. Maybe you guys could do me a favor and nag at me? And who should study it? Perhaps several organizations or researchers, to cancel out partisan interpretation (e.g. through cherry-picking examples of one side or the other's bad attitude). I'm open to ideas. and similar thoughts have occurred to me. Perhaps somebody studying the (d)evolution of society could do a lexical analysis of the posts over time, to track the increase in polarization and the breakdown of civility.

It might not be a smooth curve–there were early examples that would show up as anomalous blips on a hypothetical curve. Like the “Trench Knife Incident” in the first few months of the Zone’s life, foreshadowing the rightwing propensity for violence.

I’ve procrastinated (of course), perhaps because turning the database over to a scholarly organization would feel tantamount to pronouncing the Zone dead, and ready for its autopsy.

I had grand plans to spruce up the place a year ago, about half realized, and organize it into a chronological “journal” format that would tell a story over time. I think the surgery knocked the wind out of me, because I’ve been pretty unambitious since then. Maybe you guys could do me a favor and nag at me?

And who should study it? Perhaps several organizations or researchers, to cancel out partisan interpretation (e.g. through cherry-picking examples of one side or the other’s bad attitude). I’m open to ideas.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45802 RL Sun, 01 Nov 2020 01:35:32 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45802 <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/this-new-5d-data-storage-disc-can-store-360tb-of-data-for-14-billion-years" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">I saw the talk this guy gave on this at a conference ...</a> Long after the sun dies, our flames could live on... Might need two of these disks if we include the 'Napalm' thread.... I saw the talk this guy gave on this at a conference …

Long after the sun dies, our flames could live on…

Might need two of these disks if we include the ‘Napalm’ thread….

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45797 ER Sat, 31 Oct 2020 19:14:30 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45797 Nothing good ever came out of either of them. Nothing good ever came out of either of them.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/10/31/yo-robert-3/#comment-45796 RL Sat, 31 Oct 2020 19:08:20 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85076#comment-45796 One could- again, purely for the sake of argument- regularly upload posts -and all the identifying information one had about the poster (such as full name, address, phone number, friends and relatives, family tree etc...) to one or more of the various crypto-currency blockchains where it would persist for generations, and be continually backed up with 100's of thousands of copies world wide. Block chains are riddled with messages, and are already being explored for the secrets users have dumped into the block chain, encoded into hexadecimal. It would take a little effort and only cost a bunch of bitcoin micro-transactions to do. One could even upload the message base as encrypted blocks- unreadable until you decide it is time to add the encryption key to the blockchain for some dedicated future archaeologist to find... I only suggest this as a possibility, one that would be a permanent mark on the record- so to speak. But really, who would do such a thing? It would take someone that felt it was important that the names of certain people be permanently tarnished- that their descendants be made aware of the sins of their fathers... it would take a maniacal sense of purpose... of vengeance. A single minded pursuit of ultimate justice. Honestly, it would take someone with a lot of technical knowledge, the right amount of fanatical zeal, sophisticated computing power, and a LOT of free-time... perhaps someone working in a highly technical field but forced to spend all their time at home for some reason... Frankly, I just don't see that happening... do you? One could- again, purely for the sake of argument- regularly upload posts -and all the identifying information one had about the poster (such as full name, address, phone number, friends and relatives, family tree etc…) to one or more of the various crypto-currency blockchains where it would persist for generations, and be continually backed up with 100′s of thousands of copies world wide.

Block chains are riddled with messages, and are already being explored for the secrets users have dumped into the block chain, encoded into hexadecimal.

It would take a little effort and only cost a bunch of bitcoin micro-transactions to do.

One could even upload the message base as encrypted blocks- unreadable until you decide it is time to add the encryption key to the blockchain for some dedicated future archaeologist to find…

I only suggest this as a possibility, one that would be a permanent mark on the record- so to speak. But really, who would do such a thing? It would take someone that felt it was important that the names of certain people be permanently tarnished- that their descendants be made aware of the sins of their fathers… it would take a maniacal sense of purpose… of vengeance. A single minded pursuit of ultimate justice.

Honestly, it would take someone with a lot of technical knowledge, the right amount of fanatical zeal, sophisticated computing power, and a LOT of free-time… perhaps someone working in a highly technical field but forced to spend all their time at home for some reason…

Frankly, I just don’t see that happening… do you?

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