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Every picture is a picture from the past though

>>thesua+(OP)
Philosophically, yes. But some photo-editing techniques rely on data that is not backfillable and must be recorded at capture time. And even in cases where there is no functional impediment to applying it against historical photos, sometimes there is product gatekeeping to contend with.

>>thesua+(OP)
Oh yeah, what about this old Kodak I found in my grandpa's attic that prints pictures showing how people are going to die?

>>thesua+(OP)
Here's a picture of me in the future.

>>parine+N9
John Titor, is that you?

>>parine+N9
Where you get that camera at??

>>miohta+ca
No, it's Mitch Hedberg.

>>ortusd+Re
I had an ant farm. They didn't grow shit!

>>thesua+(OP)
Not the pictures where you age people artificially

>>royalt+v1
but how did you know it wasnt a coincidence that the picture depicted a similar scene in the past?

>>thesua+(OP)
Every existing pictures are.

>>makapu+aD
If it hasn't been taken/made/captured yet, it isn't a picture. It's just the potential for one.

>>thesua+(OP)
Every state machine is bound to cycle at some point, even if it has the size of the universe.

>>ameliu+ii2
This is not true, its very trivial to design a state machine that won't cycle.

>>flanke+wj2
Sorry, forgot to add that it should be reversible, like the laws of physics.

>>ameliu+Tm2
I would really like to see the proof that it's impossible to design a reversible state machine that won't cycle. But even if you do prove that, you would also have to prove that if the laws of physics are reversible that the universe is reversible.

The current best theory and understanding of the evolution of the universe is that it will reach maximum entropy (heat death). There is no cycling when this happens. Can you cite what theory or new discovery you have come across that somehow challenges the heat death hypothesis?

>>ameliu+Tm2
Also, not all laws of physics are time reversible, i.e. the second law of thermodynamics.