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justinpombriolast Wednesday at 10:08 PM2 repliesview on HN

Could you name one that seems likely to fail?


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Dylan16807last Wednesday at 10:29 PM

Off the top of my head: Assuming there's a specific point the data needs to get to. Assuming the size of the data sphere doesn't impact the speeds of anything inside it. Assuming we're using a classical computer. Assuming the support scaffolding of the computer stays a fixed percentage of the mass and doesn't eat into the data budget.

And I know some of those still fit into "at least" but if one of those would make it notably worse than sqrt(n) then I stand by my claim that it's a bad speed rating.

gpmlast Wednesday at 11:53 PM

Time dilation for one. As you get closer to a black hole, an observer far away sees it as if time is slowing down for you. Not really sure how this changes the Big O analysis.