I think I read a Daniel Suarez book about this once.
Show HN: Swarm – Program a colony of 200 ants using a custom assembly language
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#12I wish I could read dark-mode but my eyes somehow cannot handle it (not just on that website, in general).
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> my goy master
I’m sorry your what now?
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#18I wish I could read dark-mode but my eyes somehow cannot handle it (not just on that website, in general).
there is a `theme set` command
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#19Wait what this is the best reason to write a bunch of assembly AND learn about ants?
And (potentially) go to Hawaii! But in all seriousness, ants are smarter than they look. They operate as a collective. Just in the same way that assembly needs to operate collectively to get the best output. They're more closely linked than they appear from the outside ;)
As a collective, yes. If you look at individuals, they often go in circles and act really dumb. But for the colony it still works out, bigger brains would cost too much energy I suppose and simple algorithms work. (I often watched real ants while and my head translated their behavior to simple algorithms)
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