I’d say that the one that’s written is the ‘true’ timeline in the story the same way that the reality we experience is the only one that matters.
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davidgro@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Scifi question about time travel:81·4 days agoWhat would happen is entirely your responsibility as the author of the scenario.
Some options may be more “realistic” than others, but since the existence of a working time machine is already beyond what seems to be feasible physics (requiring ridiculous amounts and density of negative energy for example, where not even any has been shown to be possible to make) the scenario becomes soft sci-fi, or in other words magic, and that means it’s up to the writer to make up the rules.
Here is a post I found with many of the options you can choose from.
Even knowing that everything happens every way in some other branch of the wave function (other universes) doesn’t really affect our own little section of it. There’s no communications or travel, so other universes if they exist have the same meaning to us as if they don’t. Except in time travel stories like this.
Besides, the same “irrelevance” of decisions and events comes free with even one single universe given that it’s deterministic - as physics seems to be. (Yeah there’s quantum randomness, but random doesn’t help either)
That said I still believe in free will and the importance of decisions. I just think it has to be defined so weakly that it still works in a deterministic universe. (So I have free will, but so do dice and pocket calculators.)
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Researchers finds high levels of dangerous air particles(PM2.5) in air near electric vehicle fast charging stations.English4·11 days agoWere those other urban areas specifically parking lots/garages? (The places that charging stations tend to be)
davidgro@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•32, f. Are there any dating sites that are actually free and don't suddenly force me to pay to actually use the site?5·11 days agoMessaging used to be free on OKC too. Paid stuff was only better search placement, maybe seeing your matches immediately, etc. No idea about now, I was also found by my wife there over a decade ago.
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•So long as it's not poisonous, there really is an audience for any taste.8·11 days agoEthanol is poisonous and carcinogenic and extremely popular. Burned nicotine also of course.
I love that the examples are not only from other real RFCs, but some of them are well known protocols.
I’ve no issues with it on my rooted phone, even during the times when safetynet fails.
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Android@lemdro.id•One of Android 16's most annoying bugs is finally getting a fix (Back gesture / back button)English1·25 days agoGood to know. I’m still waiting on this coming patch.
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Android@lemdro.id•One of Android 16's most annoying bugs is finally getting a fix (Back gesture / back button)English3·26 days agoSounds like a good thing that they haven’t yet
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Android@lemdro.id•Performance figures of Galaxy S26's 3nm Snapdragon chip have leakedEnglish2·28 days agoYeah. I guess it would have to be a static demo after it’s loaded since user input would go through the CPU
davidgro@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do some people hate drinking water?1·29 days agoThis is true. I had to force myself to develop a tolerance to plain water, but of course I’m really glad I did.
I still can’t stand unsweetened flavored water (including tea*), or especially unsweetened and carbonated. Those are all very bitter to me, and therefore undrinkable - particularly given plain water exists.
*But I do like some tea in my sugar.
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Android@lemdro.id•Performance figures of Galaxy S26's 3nm Snapdragon chip have leakedEnglish2·29 days ago… Now you have me wondering if it would in fact be possible to run it on a GPU. (As shaders or something I guess)
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Salt Lake City, plans to implement AI-assisted 911 call triaging to handle ~30% of about 450K non-emergency calls per yearEnglish6·1 month agoThat does work (actually ‘non emergency city state’). But as another comment mentions, the public knowing it exists is more important than the number itself.
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Salt Lake City, plans to implement AI-assisted 911 call triaging to handle ~30% of about 450K non-emergency calls per yearEnglish23·1 month agoSo they are asking a virtual roulette wheel to make the determination if it’s an emergency or not.
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Salt Lake City, plans to implement AI-assisted 911 call triaging to handle ~30% of about 450K non-emergency calls per yearEnglish47·1 month agoI think the non-emergency number should be heavily advertised. I have no idea what the local one for me is (if it even exists)
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Salt Lake City, plans to implement AI-assisted 911 call triaging to handle ~30% of about 450K non-emergency calls per yearEnglish26·1 month agoAnd an LLM determining that accurately would be a dice roll.
davidgro@lemmy.worldto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Shop advertises as only having the second best ice cream melon pan9·1 month agoLooks like a brand name
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