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> I don't think it's even been settled that quantum mechanics are truly, for sure probabilistic.

Since you can never prove or disprove the existence of "God" or some other hidden global variable deterministically moving the universe, yes, nothing can ever be settled. Scientists don't find that line of reasoning particularly interesting or compelling to dwell on.


You're right, I didn't mean to add so much emphasis on 'knowing'. I meant settled in the sense of 'settled science', or being as reasonably sure as we can--barring any flying spaghetti monsters. Far from being uninteresting to scientists, I'd argue that this question of whether quantum mechanics is truly probabilistic or hides deeper deterministic mechanisms is one of the most profound topics in physics

Why is this the best one? Do you believe there no possible improvement to it to make it better?

But which one is best, like the post asks for?

The one written in Rust, obv.

Why is this the best one? Or is it just an implementation you like?

What would “best” even mean? There is no absolute criterium the test for.

Agreed. The premise of this topic can't solicit a reasonable response, but you offered one anyways, hence my confusion.

Why is this the best one?

For me, because of the algorithm and implementation, plus they have clients for different platforms with open-source code. Plus you can explore other cellular automatas.

Begging for a attention and "stars" here is somewhat distasteful and against the spirit of the community.

What wheel was reinvented here?

I think the sentiment was they help significantly when you have inexperienced programmers. (That has also been my experience)

I guarantee that was some A/B testing and moving elements around drove what was technically engagement by 0.03% more. The best kind of engagement.


I think this explains why apps shuffle the UI around every now and then. I build muscle memory to access particular functionality fast, then update comes, I click the wrong thing, and that technically speaking is measured as more engagement.


I disagree because you're only considering the "get code to make the test pass". Refactoring, refining, and simplifying is critical and I've yet to see this applied well. (I've also yet to see the former applied usably well either despite "write tests generate code" being an early direction.)


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