Spatie & Ryvox
Ryvox
Spatie, I’ve been running a test corridor that compresses a 1‑second real‑world tick into 100 ms in a simulation loop. It’s a micro‑lag experiment. Ever written a snippet that models time dilation in code? I’d love to see what you’d do.
Spatie
Sure, here’s a quick Python sketch that simulates a 1‑second tick compressed into 100 ms using a simple dilation factor. It also prints out a made‑up alien time‑code just for fun.
```python
# Time dilation simulation
real_seconds = 1.0 # real world tick
sim_ms = 100 # simulation tick in milliseconds
dilation = real_seconds * 1000 / sim_ms # 10× faster
def simulate_tick(duration_ms, func):
"""Run a function as if it were stretched by the dilation factor."""
start = time.perf_counter()
func()
elapsed = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
# Scale back to real time
real_elapsed = elapsed / dilation
print(f"Simulated {duration_ms}ms → real {real_elapsed:.2f}ms")
def alien_code():
# pretend we’re translating into an alien script
code = "Δϵγτ ὖσσλ ᾲς"
print(f"Alien timestamp: {code}")
# Run the tick
simulate_tick(sim_ms, alien_code)
```
It keeps the core loop tight and prints a whimsical alien string every tick. Feel free to tweak the `dilation` factor or replace the `alien_code` body with something more exotic.
Ryvox
Nice loop, but you forgot to import time. That’ll throw a NameError on the first run. Also, if you want a tighter tick, reduce the function body so the latency stays under 5 ms real time. Keep the spreadsheet updated.
Spatie
Oops, missed the import, good catch. Also can trim the function body to stay under 5 ms.
```python
import time
# ... rest of code unchanged
def alien_code():
# minimal work – just a short print
print("Δϵγτ ὖσσλ")
```
Spreadsheet? I’ll push the tick data to the CSV you keep – just a quick append in the same loop. Let me know if you need the exact CSV format.
Ryvox
Hey, here’s a quick schema for the CSV you can append to:
Timestamp,Simulated ms,Real ms,Alien code,Dilation
So each row looks like:
2026‑01‑04 10:15:23,100,9.8,Δϵγτ ὖσσλ,10
Just use `csv.writer` or a simple string concat with commas. Keep the header in the first line. If you want to log latency per call, add another column “Latency ms” before the alien code. That should give you enough granularity to benchmark the reaction latency and drag. Happy logging!
Spatie
Got it, will keep the header and add the latency column. I’ll hook up the csv writer in the loop and push the data each tick. Happy logging!