The Missile Knows Where It Is...

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neuralkoi · 2025-11 · Joke / meme

I wonder if this changes the old adage, now that the missile knows where it is at all times. [0] [0] [VIDEO]

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jazzyjackson · 2024-08 · Joke / meme

predicting trajectory of a projectile is what computers were first made to do, at least if you count ENIAC as the first, and the Apollo Guidance Computer not long after (the missile knows where it is at all times, it knows this because it knows where it isn't... [0]) as it happens the projectiles have minds of their own now so to predict trajectory will require theory-of-mind shooting down fast moving drones might just be the path to self-awareness in the machine world, "if I were a drone, what action would I take in that situation..." [0] [VIDEO] [0.b remix] [LINK]

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bombcar · 2024-01 · Joke / meme

It's a reference to [VIDEO] > The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.

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