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You are stuck in a timeloop, but your memory also gets reset every loop; But you are able to preserve 1024 Bytes of information between each reset, how would you use this "memory buffer"? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Its basically like a cloud storage, and your local storage (your brain) gets wiped every loop. You can edit this file any time you want using your brain (you can be tied up and it still works). 1024 Bytes is all you get. Yes you read that right: BYTES, not KB, MB, or GB: 1024 BYTES

Lets just say, for this example: The loop is 7 days form a Monday 6 AM to the next Monday 5:59 AM.

How do you best use these 1024 Bytes to your advantage?

How would your strategy be different if every human on Earth also gets the same 1024 Bytes "memory buffer"?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hey you clever people claiming you'd compress all information. Please explain how you zip information in your brain. Can you do it today? Is it really the best use of whatever time keeps looping to teach yourself mind compression algorithms from scratch?

OP said "like" a cloud storage. It could be in your head, ~~on paper, scratching on a closet wall or the inside of a can of beans... Whatever random medium that you realize is glitching after having done two million cycles already~~¹ where you could fit one thousand letters and not more. Don't try to cheat the genie for infinite wishes or you might lose them all.

I'm thinking that it must be something that starts off with convincing me I'm in a loop, then a brief of a plan of find a way to break out, the current progress, and finally what remains to keep the most important notes. 1024 bytes is not much but it could be done.

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That's 1024 bytes for you.

Edit; ¹ realized op said it is in your head.