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La Hermosa Vida

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

La Hermosa Vida

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Douglas Carl Engelbart

January 30, 1925 - July 2, 2013
In memorium.
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AGENDA

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WHY PROGRAM?

WE PROGRAM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT OURSELVES
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John von Neumann

"COULD LIFE BE MECHANICAL?"

VON NEUMANN'S 1940 QUESTION
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WHAT *IS* LIFE?

LIFE IS MORE THAN GROWTH

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ACCORDING TO PLAN

LIFE REPRODUCES ITSELF
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PROBLEM

THIS PRESENTS A
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THIS POSES A QUESTION

REPHRASED:
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ENCODE ITSELF?

HOW CAN A REPRESENTATION
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MATHEMATICIAN

VON NEUMANN WAS THINKING LIKE A

BY ANALOGY

HE WAS CONTENT TO REASON
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IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS

ROBOTS AND MECHANICAL MEN WERE JUST

THE THOUGHT EXPERIMENT:

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CELLULAR AUTOMATA

A UNIVERSE WTH SIMPLE PHYSICS

VON NEUMANN'S PHYSICS:

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UNIVERSAL REPLICATOR

HE DESIGNED, BY HAND, A
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FAST FORWARD

JOHN HORTON CONWAY

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GAME OF LIFE

CONWAY'S
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SIMPLE PHYSICS:

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EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS

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STILL LIFES

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OSCILLATORS

Detail of a Centinal oscillator

SPACESHIPS

The weekender spaceship

BREEDERS AND RAKES

INTERESTING

IT TURNS OUT THAT IMPLEMENTATION IS
Implementation

IMPLEMENTING LIFE

MASSIVELY PARALLEL

LIFE IS
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MIND-BOGGLINGLY HUGE

LIFE IS

LET'S COMPUTE:

WHICH SUPERCOMPUTER

SHOULD WE BUY?

"HTML5 SUPERCOMPUTER API"

NEW TALK TITLE
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RALPH WILLIAM GOSPER

HASH LIFE

QUAD TREES

THE BIG IDEAS

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CANONICALIZATION

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RESULTS

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PERSISTENT DATA STRUCTURES

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COW

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ANOTHER QUIZ

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLIP A SINGLE BIT?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PASTE A SHAPE?

A "TOY" APP

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COMPUTING THE FUTURE

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