[HN Gopher] Waterbed Theory (2014)
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       Waterbed Theory (2014)
        
       Author : tzhenghao
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-10-02 06:35 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | ballenf wrote:
       | Maybe a new paradigm could be the personalization of the language
       | to each user, where the user controls which areas are exposed in
       | lower or higher levels. The underlying code is stored in a
       | neutral "byte code" and then decompiled on demand based on the
       | user's preferences or job role.
       | 
       | It's totally theoretical and would create so many nightmare
       | scenarios, but very cool to conceptualize.
        
         | eternityforest wrote:
         | I could maybe enjoy using such a thing, in some kind of coding
         | based apocalyptic horror game, where AI caused the apocalypse,
         | and you're trying to rebuild the world with technology that is
         | all too complex to understand or classified because no one
         | person is supposed to know it.
         | 
         | So you could have puzzles where you have to go to one site,
         | steal a badge, go to another site and steal a different badge,
         | and they all let you decrypt different views of the master AI
         | you're trying to reprogram to undo whatever evil it did.
        
       | andygeorge wrote:
       | prime takeaway here is to never use financing when purchasing a
       | waterbed
        
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