So today was actually pretty busy for me this morning in my day to day job as a network engineer. We've finally handled some events for the day and my boss sends me the following image.
Yes, that does indeed look like a black box to me too. Yet, my boss the CTO of our company does not seem like the type to send me images without purpose.
I throw it into photoshop and do a Select by color range and delete out what is selected and end up with this.
I notice what appears to be some odd characters mixed in there but I still cannot make it out. So I ask him. He is one of those (as is my wife) that are really fond of sarcasm, so generally I view it as a challenge before asking questions.
He responds...
"That's the inside of my pocket apparently."
So I had put forth some effort trying to find out the secret of this seemingly black image. I thought maybe he sent me something and the alpha/transparency swapped to black as sometimes happens.
It turns out I over thought it.
Yet, consider this. Why are those characters there?
I told him jokingly that maybe we are indeed in a simulation, but unless we observe the places we normally can't see we may not notice it.
Though he simply replied "Or they were just confirmation bias."
I consider this entire exchange kind of amusing and thought I'd share it.
EDIT: Here is the other color selected instead.
Hmmm.... Random Map generator possibilities. :)
Yes, you accidentally found the code of the matrix.
Your handses! your handses are in your pocket!
That is indeed where I got the inspiration.
Cool. "...In a simulation...". As I'm sure you know, some scientists believe that reality is a hologram: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/11/simulated-world-elon-musk-the-matrix
Yeah I've written a few articles on it and been following the subject since before Elon Musk joined in. There were a lot of people talking about it recently. :) Fascinating topic.
You've written articles on it? Very cool. Please provide a link, bud. Would like to learn more.
Here is the most recent from a week ago. It has links to older works inside of it.
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@dwinblood/dancing-in-the-clouds-of-our-minds-the-endless-search-for-a-truth-you-will-never-find-reality-as-a-simulation
Fascinating, indeed. Reality lovingly explodes my brain :-) I love knowing and continuing to learn about the macro and micro of our universe/ reality. Quantum physics is such a wonderful ride through thought and stimulates me immensely. Life is sometimes like looking at an always wobbling mirror, that doesn't care what we think we look like. :-) Great post, bud. :-)
In a simulation? Pffft. No way.
The aliens did it.
ahhh the pockets of fabric space and time,thank God there were no worm holes!....lol
Apophenia
HGD!
namaste