funky little diagrams that are very relevant to smth i’ll be doing soon
these are photonic crystal cavity logic things btw
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I guess they’ll be used to boost TO’s intelligence?
both directly and indirectly, as well as to make automated systems, and computers we can sell to the humans
do you have any questions about what they do?
the false NV latch is something that, as far as i’m aware, nobody has made yet, aside from me, btw
its full name is “False non-volatile double-gated and-or latch”
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How much faster will a brain with those be than a regular brain?
it’ll be faster than even the brains of our ants that were born with photonic brains, you could fit all the processing power my phone has in a few crystals the size of a grain of sand, and they’d be able to process thousands of things in the time it takes to do 1 clock cycle of a CPU.
however
this is not primarily for creatures
this is primarily for assembling computers
however, as there is something that is functionally non-volatile, that means our light-based neural processing units will be able to retain memory even after they lose power, as long as their nuclear battery doesn’t fail, after we switch over to the pcc logic stuff
and we could sell the humans photonic computers, and NVRAM drives, with read-write speeds fast enough to cycle their entire everything, millions of times per second
and if we get access to exotic materials, like manufactured neutronium, or the ability to manipulate quarks and gluons, they will get even. faster.
but, generally, the faster a photonic computer, the more power it takes to make the photons, since the simplest method of increasing speed is simply decreasing the wavelength, and scaling everything down to interact with them the same
oh and NVRAM has the power lane always on, unless the nuclear battery is broken
oh and both of the things touching the box that says xor are xor gates, one is just interference based, so it’s smaller than the logic-based one below it
and i also have an idea for a signal booster gate
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this is a square false-NVRAM tile
and this is 16 bytes of nvram
which takes up 1 kb of actual storage in this image
i posted these on dawn’s acc bc i’m running something my browser doesn’t like btw
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Why would that block editing willow’s post?
because our accounts are signed in to two different browsers, and opera eats too much ram and cpu to play mc and have it work, while firefox doesn’t
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So you are on opera and dawn is on firefox, right?
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I recommend making a bookmark to about:profiles in firefox. You can add or duplicate profiles form there. Separate profiles can be loaded at once. I believe you could do something like chrome with shortcuts to each profile but I don’t use windows (home of the shortcut) or have anything close to a symmetric usage pattern for my profiles (I very much have a main one and some task specific ones).
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thx!
oh btw
horribly compressed image of a single bit of false non-volatile photonic crystal RAM.
it’s like 2 kb, and almost looks ok from a distance
the reason for the hex grid is that most photonic crystals either use cubic closest packing or hexagonal closest packing, and HCP is easier to work with
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How small could a brain made of these be and still have human-level intelligence?
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how small can light get?
realistically though, since the smallest commercially available silica nanospheres are 10 nm, probably abt a 2mm diameter sphere(or, more realistically, hexagonal prism), if you want it to think at the same speed as a human, and not have the same actual thinking power per unit of perceived time, just using silica nanospheres, gold nanospheres, and nanospheres made from a mixture of 70% titanium and 30% gold, to make them translucent to x rays, instead of transparent or opaque
and for photonic crystal computers, you want the wavelength of the light to be exactly the size of the spheres
but, if you can make your own nanospheres using enzymes made specifically for it, you could get the spheres below 1 nm
however, to get even smaller, you need to jump all the way to using atoms as the spheres, then to get smaller again, you need to go to using atomic nuclei, or subatomic particles as the spheres
with subatomic light computing, you could simulate the entire earth in real time with a single atom the size of a human cell
for reference, an AND gate at that scale would be about 2.5 femtometers across, and you’d need your light to be between 0.84 and 0.5 femtometers, which is gamma rays
however, if you want to get further down than that, you’re probably gonna need to do mechanical quark-gluon computing, which would use structures artificially made from quarks and gluons, and if you manage to get that, you can probably run the entire universe on the worst laptop anyone can buy after it becomes the dominant method of computation
as long as you don’t try to simulate the subatomic particles in real time, that is
even with 10 nm spheres though, you could run doom on something the size of a mitochondrion, and you’d probably get several trillion frames per second, if you had something to look at it through
Are any atoms the size of human cells?
not naturally, but if you’re making a computer inside an atom, you already have to be able to put the particles making it up into specific arrangements, so you might as well also figure out how to make bigger atoms stay stable to the point you could build one
One would need a rather good understanding of what’s happening down there to be sure all went the correct way.
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Round 46 - 12:00, May 6th, 2000
Round Summary
At an UN conference today, being a successor to the one held yesterday, a large batch of countries agreed to forming “Ant Containment Coalition”, which organization of states plans to not just making all it’s member states have the harshest anti-ant restrictions yet, but also sending missions to exterminate ants in other regions, so that eventually the ants get contained and the public of humankind is safe from those dangerous critters. Some countries with light restrictions have also harshened their actions towards the antlings, while others are just becoming aware of the danger the insects are. Colonies need to be more wary now…
The Organism Report
TO turned it’s interest towards some bacteria that are said to do something with sulfur amidst the decisions being taken at the UN gathering. Using the internet, the ant now knows most basic facts about these microorganisms (GSB knowledge). However, the scouts told to search for where this lifeform might reside were less knowledgable on the subject and instead in confusion they made a plank fall on TO (-50 H)! This didn’t improve the situation, making the ant leader confused for a while about ways of redirecting light, the next thing it decided to tackle (No Changes).
Obviously right after this the ant went ahead and started heightening the tower. However now the process requires vast amounts of work also in the lower portions of the quite impressive structure, and so it should be expected to last increasingly long to increase the height of this symbol of ant power as it reaches new altitudes. Setting up some plane deterring systems might also be of use soon (+100 Tower Height).
After so much hard work on the spire, the ant seemingly in response to the altitudes it has been working on developed a much more robust spiracle system, specialized infact for propulsion! This certainly aids the wings that by now have become rather overworked from all the flying the ant takes during the tower-making (+50 MH, +50 S, @Trappist-1e please submit a minor mutation related to flying). This also made TO again interested in studying rocketry, giving it a rather completer set of knowledge about them than what it learned in the previous portion of this day (Moderate Rocketry Knowledge).
Influence Report
The final takeover of the Hondurasi government went right as planned, with no opposition to the arthropods forming. The sweep taking over Central America however has already found a new target, as Panama is next on it’s target list. Carefully seizing the news stations in the immediate region of the colony sent sometime ago now to this region gave the diplomats whom got there an idea of the local news landscape, allowing them to quickly take over all major media outlets with little to no noticing, despite this country having rather low amount of ant influence presently.
RESULTS
GSB Knowledge, -50 H, Honduras is Ant-Controlled, Panama News Control, +100 Tower Height, +50 MH, +50 S, Moderate Rocketry Knowledge
TO Statistics
ARMOUR - 475
HEALTH - 8353/8353
STRENGTH - 7266
RESOURCES - 1536/1536 (-75 R from mutations, used 200 R to regenerate 600 E) [+6675 R in hiding]
ENERGY - 4675/4850 (-550 E from actions)
SIZE - ~5M
PASSIVES: (1.5XSM)H/R, (1.5XSM)R/R
Other Statistics
FORCES AT NEST: 8X4Q, 2X2Q, 2X5Q, 1X7QHC
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE - 3
POLITICAL POWER TIER - SMALL COUNTRY
INFLUENCE - WEAK INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN POPULATION ~ 6099999999
COUNTRY POPULATION ~ 5100000
KILLS - 1 PERSON (TO - 1, NON-TO - 0)
INCOME - 725 | MONEY - 54500
KNOWLEDGE: Electric Animals, Boats, Better Boats, Bit Better Boats, Electricity, Magnet Stuff, Small Boat Upgrade, Superior Boats, Cellular Metabolism, Fiber Optics Mastery, Ultimate CPUA Knowledge, Basic Propulsion Knowledge, Basic Antimatter Knowledge, Basic Rocketry Knowledge, GSB Knowledge, Moderate Rocketry Knowledge
TOWER HEIGHT = ~1050 Meters (+100 meters since last round, stability secured up to 2325 [6/6, +75] meters)
SCOUT PRODUCTION: 2X4Q AT R47, 1X2Q AT R47, 1X4Q at R48, 1X5Q AT R48
INCOMING CHANGES
6 HOURS -
12 HOURS -
18 HOURS -
24 HOURS -
30 HOURS -
36 HOURS -
Mutations
Defensive M
Heat Resistance
Endoskeleton
Femur-like Structures
Stronger/Harder Exoskeleton x7
More Fat Layer
Offensive M
Jaw Electrocution
Venom
Larger Mandibles
Lethal-er Venom
Poison Stinger
Venom Projectile
Acid Spit
Hallucination Venom
Better Poison Stinger
Voice Attack
Trap Building Mastery
Stronger Claws
Mobility M
Hydrogen Bladder
Wings
Better Wings
Better Flight
Shifting Weight
Faster
Spiracle Propulsion
Utility M
Oleic Acid Secretion
More Oleic Acid Production
Tentacles
Better Tentacles
Color Shifting
Higher Egg Production Rate
Better Healing (R to H ratio now 1:2.5)
Better Energy Production (now 1:3)
Cuteness
False Charisma
More Cuteness
Hemoglobin Marrow
Extra Cuteness
Gene-Stealing Claws
Passive Healing ((1/2 Size Multiplier)H/R)
Backup Eggs
Substance Mimicry
Better Digging Abilities
Anti-Human Camouflage
Confusion Chemical
Capsid Organ x2
Colour Camouflage
Adrenaline Glands
Camouflage
Tower Action Improvement (100% chance that tower-related actions get boosted by 1 point)
Test Organ (Rolls of “1” no longer possible on mutation votes, gives every mutation extra ((1/4XSM)R))
Extra Tower Action Improvement (100% chance that tower-related actions get boosted by a 2nd point)
Extra Extra Tower Action Improvement (1/6 chance that tower-related actions get boosted by a 3rd point)
Test Organ Upgrade (Rolls of 7 now a thing for mutations)
Research Techniques (1/2 reroll chance to research actions of 1)
Brain/Sensory M
Better Pheromones
Better Antennae
“Bipolar Disorder”
More Neurons
Smaller Neurons x2
Less Neuron Feedback
Vocal Cords
Inability to Hate or Be Angry
Empathy x2
Larger Brain
Language Lobe
More Intelligence x11
Voice organ
Whiskers
Cat Ears
Big Eyes
Voice Throwing
Cerebral Structures in lower body
Mutation Commanding
ENs
Constant Scout Communication
Better Voice
Better Neurons x2
Better Speech
Trap Trigger Detection
Wifi Antennae
Browsing Ganglia
Wifi Hotspot
Better Brainmatter in Lower Body
Better Logical Abilities
Better Language
Hivemind
Night Sight
Geometry Ganglion
Sweet Baking Neurons
Sweet Tastebuds
Better Sugar Tastebuds
Endosymbiotic Neuron External Power
Neuron Gene Cleanup
Light-Based Neuron Type
Logicgate Neuron Organelles
Wavelenght differenciation
Organoid-replacing-ganglions
Organoid-replacing-ganglions fix
Physics Ganglion
Body-wide M
Evolving Tissue
Radiation Sickness Resistance
More Radiation Resistance
EVEN MORE Radiation Resistance
Lead in Cells
Cell Freedom
DNA destruction
Stronger Muscles
Sulferreducens Genes: Electricity, Nanowires, Reduction of sulfur and metal
Mitochondrion Electricity Usage
Caste M
Being a Queen
New Caste
Photosyntesis Queen-like Caste
Trap Caste
Scout Caste
Silk Ants
Assymetrical Poison Trap Child
Pipe Caste
Soil-Eaters (+(Size Multiplier) R per Round)
Miner Caste
Pipe Caste Bio Optic Fiber
Stomach Caste
Diplomat Caste
Better Diplomats
Food-to-Children Caste
Faster Healing + Healer Caste ((5/4 Size Multiplier)H/R)Scout Reproduction
Better Healers ((3/2 Size Multiplier)H/R)
Scout Colonies
4-Tentacled Big Worker
Tiny Winged Caste
Alternator Caste
GP Caste
Hive Caste
Tower Builder Caste
Bone Weaver Caste
Flesh Weaver Caste
Miscellaneous M
ET Glands
Eggs Steal Stuff From Cells
Be Yellowish-Blue
Size Increase x3 (to ~32cm)
Size Increase (to ~64cm)
Size Increase (to ~256cm)
Size Increase (to ~7.5 meters)
Cat Features
Size Decrease (to ~2 meters)
Armour Patterns
Humanoid Shape
Femminine Features
Humanoid Upper Body
Hair
More Humanoid
Larger Size (up to ~4 meters)
Research Decay
Silk
Corrosive Web
Exoskeleton Color Change
A Bit Bigger
Dropdown Mutation List Box
(Credit for pre-round 26 mutations in here goes to willow)
World Map
TO location: South of Reserva Natural Sierra Quirragua, near Matiguas, Central Nicaragua
Notable Influence:
-Nicaragua (host country, Ant-Controlled)
-Honduras (colony country, Country-Scale Influence)
-Costa Rica (colony country, Ant-Controlled)
-Panama (colony country, no real influence)
-USA (colony country, Regional influence)
-Brazil (colony country, no real influence)
-France (colony country, no real influence)
-Egypt (colony country, no real influence)
Country Statuses
-Canada (ACC)
-USA (RegInflu)
-Mexico (Light)
-Guatemala (Heavy)
-Belize (Heavy)
-El Salvador (Light)
-Honduras (Control, Light)
-Costa Rica (Control, Light)
-Panama (Colony, Light, News Control[If country-scale, immediately becomes ant-controlled])
-Colombia (Light)
-Venezuela (Light)
-Guyana (Light)
-Suriname (Light)
-Ecuador (ACC)
-Peru (Light)
-Bolivia (Light)
-Chile (ACC)
-Argentina ()
-Uruguay (Heavy)
-Brazil (Colony, Light)
-Paraguay (Light)
-Cuba (Light)
-Haiti (Light)
-Dominican Republic (Heavy)
-Jamaica ()
-Lesser Antilles (Heavy)
-Greenland (Light)
-Iceland (Light)
-Ireland (Light)
-UK (Heavy)
-France (+Monaco) (Colony)
-Spain (Heavy)
-Portugal (Heavy)
-Italy (+VC and SM) (Light)
-Switzerland (Light)
-Germany (ACC)
-Luxembourg (Heavy)
-Belgium (Heavy)
-Netherlands (ACC)
-Denmark (Heavy)
-Sweden (Heavy)
-Norway (ACC)
-Finland (ACC)
-Estonia (Light)
-Latvia (ACC)
-Lithuania ()
-Poland (Light)
-Czechia (Heavy)
-Austria (Light)
-Slovenia (Light)
-Croatia (Heavy)
-Bosnia (ACC)
-Serbia ()
-Montenegro (Heavy)
-Albania (ACC)
-Macedonia (Heavy)
-Greece (Heavy)
-Bulgaria (ACC)
-Romania (Heavy)
-Hungary (Light)
-Slovakia (Light)
-Ukraine (Light)
-Moldova (Heavy)
-Belarus ()
-Russia (Heavy)
-Georgia (ACC)
-Azerbaijan (Heavy)
-Armenia (Light)
-Turkey (ACC)
-Syria (Heavy)
-Iraq (Heavy)
-Kuwait (Light)
-Saudi Arabia (Heavy)
-Qatar+Bahrain ()
-UAE (Light)
-Oman (Light)
-Yemen (ACC)
-Lebanon ()
-“Canaan” (Heavy)
-Egypt (Colony, Light)
-Libya (Heavy)
-Tunisia (ACC)
-Algeria (Heavy)
-Morocco+Western Sahara (Heavy)
-Mauritania (Heavy)
-Senegal (Heavy)
-Gambia (Light)
-Guinea-Bissau (Light)
-Guinea (Light)
-Sierra Leone (ACC)
-Liberia (Heavy)
-Ivory Coast (ACC)
-Mali (Light)
-Niger (Heavy)
-Burkina Faso (Light)
-Ghana (Light)
-Togo (Light)
-Benin (Heavy)
-Nigeria (Light)
-Cameroon (ACC)
-Chad (Light)
-Sudan (Light)
-Eritrea (ACC)
-Djibouti (ACC)
-Ethiopia (Light)
-Somalia (Light)
-Kenya (Heavy)
-Uganda ()
-DRC (Heavy)
-CAR (ACC)
-Republic of Congo (Heavy)
-Gabon (Heavy)
-Equatorial Guinea (Light)
-Angola (Heavy)
-Zambia (ACC)
-Rwanda (Heavy)
-Burundi (ACC)
-Tanzania (Light)
-Malawi (Heavy)
-Mozambique (Light)
-Madagascar (ACC)
-South Africa (Heavy)
-Eswatini (Light)
-Lesotho (Heavy)
-Zimbabwe ()
-Botswana (Heavy)
-Namibia (Light)
-Indian Ocean Small Island Nations (ACC)
-Iran (Heavy)
-Turkmenistan (Heavy)
-Uzbekistan (Light)
-Kazakhstan (Light)
-Kyrgyzstan (ACC)
-Tajikistan (Light)
-Afghanistan (Light)
-Pakistan ()
-India (Light)
-Sri Lanka (Heavy)
-Nepal ()
-Bhutan ()
-Bangladesh (ACC)
-Mongolia (Heavy)
-China (+HK and Macau) ()
-North Korea (Light)
-South Korea (Light)
-Japan (Heavy)
-Taiwan (Light)
-Myanmar (Light)
-Laos (Light)
-Vietnam ()
-Cambodia (Light)
-Thailand ()
-Malaysia (+Brunei) (Heavy)
-Singapore (ACC)
-Indonesia (ACC)
-Philippines ()
-PNG (Heavy)
-Australia (Light)
-New Zealand (Light)
-Fiji (Light)
-Pacific Ocean Small Island Nations (ACC)
(Light Restrictions = ants will be blocked from entering and expanding, Heavy Restrictions = ants will be sought after and destroyed, ACC = Ant Containment Coalition member state)
Colonies: 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 6, 2X5HC, 10x4 (R/R - 1225, Money/R - 2450)
Miscellaneous
New things are brewing between the human-held countries…
Anybody can join this forum game, it’s very easy!
All actions separately: Take over Panama government
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Are you going to do anything about the ACC soon?
My plan going forwards is to conquer Panama and unify the ant states. Then, I’ll try to negotiate a peace between us and the ACC. I’ll also try to get us recognised by a few countries as an official nation, and form trade routes, to increase our political power. Also, I’m changing my actions to all being infiltrating Panama government separately.
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We’ll see how the world reacts to the unification…