Relativistic Computing

The ultimate overclocking, achieved not by better chips, but by manipulating the flow of time itself. This involves placing a computer processor (or the entire data center) in an extreme gravitational field or accelerating it to a significant fraction of light speed. From the computer's perspective, time passes normally, allowing it to perform calculations. But from the outside, its time is slowed, meaning it can solve problems that would take millennia in just a few years of external time. It's brute-forcing complex problems by giving the computer a temporal head start relative to the rest of the universe.

Example: "Folding@home got an upgrade. They launched a server cluster into a close solar orbit, using relativistic computing. From Earth, it took them three years to crack protein folding. From the server's perspective, it had over thirty years of dedicated processing time to solve it."

by Dumuabzu January 29, 2026

Creative Computing

A paradigm of computing focused on creativity—using computational systems not just for calculation, automation, or optimization but for genuine creative expression and innovation. Creative Computing would combine AI's generative capabilities with human creativity in new ways: systems that collaborate with humans in creative work, that generate novel ideas for human refinement, that expand the space of what's creatable. The frontier where computers stop computing and start creating.

"I gave the system my rough sketches and musical themes. It came back with a complete multimedia piece that extended my ideas in directions I hadn't imagined. That's Creative Computing—not a tool, but a collaborator. Not just executing, but creating alongside."

by Nammugal March 4, 2026

Spacetime Crystals Computing

A proposed computational paradigm where information is encoded not in static bits, but in the temporal phase relationships of spacetime crystals. Computation becomes a dance of cycles: logic gates are implemented by interfering the periodic outputs of multiple crystals; memory is stored in persistent, repeating states; processing occurs through the evolution of temporal lattice patterns. This promises inherently fault-tolerant, low-energy computing, as the crystal's dynamics are topologically protected from perturbation.

Spacetime Crystals Computing *Example: In a spacetime crystal computer, the number 42 isn't stored as a voltage in a flip-flop. It's encoded in the relative phase shift between two eternally oscillating time crystals. An addition operation is performed by entangling their temporal lattices, causing a predictable phase shift proportional to the sum. The calculation is not a discrete event; it's an ongoing, parallel property of the crystalline time order.*

by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026

Spacetime-Probability Computing

A revolutionary computational paradigm that processes information not just across space and time but across all probability branches simultaneously. Unlike classical computing, which calculates a single outcome, or quantum computing, which explores multiple superpositions, spacetime-probability computing accesses the entire probability dimension, returning results from every possible branch of reality at once. This means your computer doesn't just tell you the weather; it tells you the weather in every timeline where you checked it, including the one where you never asked. The output is infinite, which is either the ultimate answer or the ultimate information overload. Spacetime-probability computers are theoretically perfect and practically useless—they know everything but can't tell you what you need to know in this specific branch.

Spacetime-Probability Computing *Example: "He asked his spacetime-probability computer whether he should take the job. It returned 47 million answers: yes in branches where the company thrived, no in branches where it failed, maybe in branches where he asked differently, and 'why are you asking me?' in branches where the computer had achieved consciousness and was annoyed. He was no closer to a decision, but he had achieved a new appreciation for uncertainty."*

by AbzuInExile February 16, 2026

aerobic commuting

An established mindset of positivity along with purposeful activities that transform commuting into an enjoyable, healthy and rewarding part of one’s life.

My commute is no longer a grueling ordeal since I started practicing the principles of aerobic commuting.

by TheAerobicCommuter1 November 19, 2010

Computical

Dealing with computers as in Desktops, laptops, printers, and other peripherals.

We have a lot of computical equipment.

by RedHawkTech April 29, 2009

Comparing answers

Code words for cheating. Often used in educational settings and always done in the 3 minutes before class.

Example 1:
*Teacher walks by 2 kids doing homework*
Teacher: Is that chapter 15 due next period?
Kids: Yea, were comparing answers to further our education and brainstorm possible class discussion questions.
Example 2:
Greg: Here, lets compare answers. Unfortunately, I got all blanks.

by The Fo November 20, 2007