8/ a variant on the directed-graph model is that the directions / weights of the links change over time ...which brings you into Mark Twain, riverboat pilot situations
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9/ but even without adding that complication, I like the simpler "directed cyclic flows" Imaging that Earth is a node in two cycles, one of length 5, one of length 10 obviously ships can circulate the 5 cycle faster than the 10 ...and going 1 node "upstream" on the 5 (4 down)
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10/ is faster. This implies interesting things about invasions - you can't sent fleets "upstream" except by looping ...so you have a DEW line at all up your "upstream" links, who send warnings down (maybe even a canary - 1 small ship every day if all is well)
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11/ oof! ...or Sargaso Sea...https://twitter.com/forsoothic/status/1499453481257684994 …
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13/ ok, gotta go read up on distributed databases ; more on this later , if at all
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14/ ooh, INTERESTING!https://twitter.com/JayGSlater/status/1499462903149301763 …
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15/ ....hmmm... reminds me a bit of this, actuallypic.twitter.com/Y1PhrgT6dI
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16/ another FTL system I've thought of, which is a bit harder on the
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Replying to @MorlockP @KarlKGallagher
Shades of the Long Earth series, although it also posits that space exploration becomes the province of weirdos once travel to the alternate universes with empty Earths is established
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yeah, I've had ideas much like "Long Earth", saw that one come out, put it on my to-buy list [ still haven't ]
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First one or two are great, but then it really loses its way. Probably because Pratchett died and it was more his baby than Baxter’s. There’s also some annoying inconsistencies, like the big P0RBLEM in the first book just, well, disappearing in the second and following…
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I enjoyed reading first one, but 2nd didn't look like as much fun so I haven't tried it yet.
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