Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:39:04 +0100, D wrote:

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 08/12/2024 20:50, D wrote:

 
 
On Sun, 8 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 08/12/2024 10:48, D wrote:

 
 
On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 07/12/2024 21:48, D wrote:

 
 
On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 07/12/2024 16:39, D wrote:

So therefore, metaphysics doesn't really exist, except as
thought forms to make us feel better (if we need that), in which
case it's just a bunch of nice stories.

 
Well you are starting to make clear a completely metaphysical
position here.
 
What do you mean by 'really exist' ?

 
With not exist, I mean s an unprovable, ideal reality separate
from the material world.

 
Ok like the place where 'natural laws' live?

 
There is no place where natural laws live, in fact, the laws we know
is just a process in our brains, describing (and predicting) events.
They don't live in any dimension. There is no proof of that.

 
Isn't 'in your brain' a dimension?
 
 

Nope. It resides safely and securely in the real world and does not
have its own dimension where ideal and laws live.

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So where does a computer program reside?

 
In a simple case, it resides in a computer.

https://eater.net/6502

In the first video he uses a modern static 6502 that can single step and
an Arduino as a sort of logic analyzer. He uses resistors to tie the data
lines either high or low. On a restart the 6502 runs a couple of
instructions then jumps to an address to start reading the program. The
resistors on the data lines form the bit pattern for a noop. The 6502
dutifully performs a noop, increments the address, and reads the data
lines, which are another noop. Rinse and repeat.

Where is the program?