Today I gave some thought to what would be a fitting name for my boat (if I were to rename it).
One option: the glider pattern from Conway's Game of Life. Instantly recognizable by true hackers, just a weird symbol to others.
Of course a quick check on Wikipedia. Know that I'm always interested in things small / simple / computing, so... cellular atomata. Which led me to varieties used to simulate or help understand biological systems ("systems biology" - if only that field had even existed back when I left high school).
From there on: artificial life, Core Wars & co, self-replicating machinery, and... Astro-chicken (deserves a HN post of its own, imho).
Btw. it's amazing to see how many big, open questions there still are, related to the origins of (biological) life, and evolution. Eg. full simulation of a single cell organism: never been done (too complex).
Today I gave some thought to what would be a fitting name for my boat (if I were to rename it).
One option: the glider pattern from Conway's Game of Life. Instantly recognizable by true hackers, just a weird symbol to others.
Of course a quick check on Wikipedia. Know that I'm always interested in things small / simple / computing, so... cellular atomata. Which led me to varieties used to simulate or help understand biological systems ("systems biology" - if only that field had even existed back when I left high school).
From there on: artificial life, Core Wars & co, self-replicating machinery, and... Astro-chicken (deserves a HN post of its own, imho).
Btw. it's amazing to see how many big, open questions there still are, related to the origins of (biological) life, and evolution. Eg. full simulation of a single cell organism: never been done (too complex).
Next up: a cup of hot chocolate.