Design principles for a time machine

Yes, a real, proper time machine like in sci-fi movies. Yea I know how to build it, as this design principles document will demonstrate. Remember to credit me for my pioneering ideas when you build it, ok?

1. Feasibility: if you want to build a time machine, you will have to build a time machine. Ideally, the design should break as few laws of physics as possible.
2. Goodness: the machine should be functional, robust, and work correctly as much as necessary. Care should be taken to avoid defects in design and manufacturing. A good time machine is better than a bad time machine in some key aspects.
3. Minimize downsides: the machine should not cause exessive harm to an unacceptable degree. Mainly, the costs should be kept low.
4. Cool factor: is the RGB lighting craze still going? I dunno, flame decals or woodgrain finish would be pretty fun in a funny retro way.
5. Incremental improvement: we might wanna start with a smaller and more limited time machine and then make them gradually bigger and better. I may or may not have gotten a college degree allowing me to make this mindblowing observation, but if I didn't, I'll make sure to spin it as me being just too damn smart and innovative for Harvard Business School.

Founder? I never even lost 'er!

what if my init system was a Prolog runtime?

Not only can you describe the desired system state and have your init figure out dependencies, you can list just the dependencies and have your init set up all possible system states until you find one to your liking!

what if it too was emacs?

Emacs as pid 1 is a classic of the genre, but a prolog too? Wouldn't a Kanren make more sense or is elisp not good for that?

Sounds like the real horseshoe theory is that nerds of all kinds of heterodox political stripes will eventually reinvent/discover Lisp and get freaky with it. A common thread connecting at least RMS, PG, Eich, Moldbug, suzuran, jart, Aphyr, self and me.

working for OpenAI

You probably are, if not by choice.

So it's called the National Novel Writing Month, but like what nation? Should non-US writers have their own ones?

Also I just saw they have a logo and it's an insult to heraldry.

NoNoNo

If it were about that, maybe they hadn't decided I'm NCO material and forced me into a full year of service instead of half.

Graham Chapman was, ironically enough, impeccable as the straight man of the group.

That's a weird place to have some opinions about jewish and trans people. I like to look at the sinfest subreddit every now and then and that sub really likes to sneer at people who have weird opinions on those topics (such as the author of the titular webcomic).

Could be a Chinese market thing. They like their number eights.

I think killing someone is a pretty major violation of that person's bodily autonomy.

Clarification: he bought creativeai.org. Alex J. Champandard bought creative.ai https://nitter.poast.org/alexjc/status/1828434378864599402#m

Edit: I like Rex's expressed intentions more than Champandard's.