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visarga t1_ivkl9uz wrote

Reply to comment by Surur in The Collapse vs. the Conclusion: two scenarios for the 21st century by camdoodlebop

Not quite God, it will be limited by the speed of propagation of light. There's a volume only so large that people inside can interact in real time, larger than Earth but smaller than the orbit of the Moon (3s lag). The further you are, the worse you can participate in the virtual world. Even if AI turns everything to computronium, it can't bee too large.

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Surur t1_ivklmmk wrote

Unless you run slower than real-time.

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visarga t1_ivne654 wrote

And in there lies the real cost of distance. You get one round of play when the guys in the core get ten.

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Surur t1_ivnqd8n wrote

If they are nice they would slow down the clock tick for everyone.

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visarga t1_ivo1avk wrote

If we look at high frequency stock markets, they fight tooth and nail for each millisecond to the tune of building new internet backbones.

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