Obviously a hypothetical scenario. There is no way to pass on the knowledge to anyone else. Time freezes for you only, and once you have your answer you are out of this world.

The question can allow you to see into the past, present and future and gain comprehension of any topic/issue. But it’s only one question.

Edit: the point isn’t “how to cheat death”. You can’t. Your body is frozen and there is nothing you can do with this knowledge other than knowing it, and die. So if you would rather be frozen in a limbo just thinking of numbers for eternity, be my guest.

Such a variety of replies, it’s been really interesting to read them!

What would you want to know? Personally I’d want to see a timelapse or milestone glimpses of humanity’s future until the end of Earth’s existence (if we survive that long)

  • @souperk@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    11 year ago

    Start a religion, I guess?

    That got me good, thanks for the laugh!

    To be fair, I’ve seen some Linux desktop configs that were pretty fucked.

    That’s the reason I named it the “rule 34 of linux desktop configs”. In the past 2 years, I have observed a friend’s journey to a fully automated setup. It started with a bash script, which was then converted to an ansible playbook, then a python script, and now a ublue config.

    The depths some people will go to fuck (figuratively) with their machines is inspiring!

    • @Saigonauticon@voltage.vn
      link
      fedilink
      English
      11 year ago

      Haha, no worries.

      Sounds like your friend’s config file will be turing-complete soon. Then it will need it’s own operating system. With it’s own config file.