I guess we can't set a subset of bits only?
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Antwort an @JuergenStrobel @mycoliza
It's an analog value, not a digital one.
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Antwort an @NoraDotCodes @JuergenStrobel
any analog value can be digital if you modulate it fast enough
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speaking of which, how fast can i modulate it
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Antwort an @mycoliza @JuergenStrobel
that's an interesting question - and definitely a parameter. i'd say it's like the EM field, where to vibrate it faster you have to put in more energy. May as well say it's the same order of magnitude but requires some kind of weird substance to couple to it.
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Antwort an @NoraDotCodes @JuergenStrobel
so with an arbitrarily large energy supply, i could essentially have an arbitrary bit rate? then i would simply implement time-division multiplexing
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Antwort an @mycoliza @JuergenStrobel
yeah! i think that would be reasonable. let me throw in another wrinkle: part of the utility of this would be communicating with distant starships, which (presumably) don't have arbitrary amounts of energy. your base station, though, would. what then?
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Antwort an @NoraDotCodes @JuergenStrobel
i feel like if you have a proper starship (i.e. FTL or lighthugging), you kinda inherently *would* have obscene amounts of energy lying around?
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Antwort an @mycoliza @JuergenStrobel
that's true! but at the same time, every joule you put into communications is a little bit of acceleration you aren't getting, so I feel like there's a significant incentive to save power. on the other hand, maybe you'd be accel-limited by your tolerable dynamic pressure? idk
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Antwort an @NoraDotCodes @JuergenStrobel
or, potentially, by reaction mass!
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Antwort an @mycoliza @JuergenStrobel
well, either way, we _do_ have examples of workable power-asymmetric TDMA in the real world, so i think your proposal is a good one!
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