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Re:Computation at the Edge of Chaos (1990) [pdf] by eternalban on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:28AM (#17522745)
Interesting cite [OP's #5] from the paper (while searching for Wolfram :-)

E. F. Codd was doing CAs in late 60s. What an impressive mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd%27s_cellular_automaton

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Re:Computation at the Edge of Chaos (1990) [pdf] by criddell on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:22AM (#17523178)
Are there practical applications for cellular automata?
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Re:Computation at the Edge of Chaos (1990) [pdf] by sten on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:33AM (#17523778)
Only thing I could think of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_30#Applications

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Re:Computation at the Edge of Chaos (1990) [pdf] by Keyframe on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:49AM (#17523955)
Stephen Wolfram sold a book about it.
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Re:Computation at the Edge of Chaos (1990) [pdf] by sctb on Friday July 13, 2018 @04:48PM (#17526568)
Maybe, but you'll have to spell out the metaphor in order to make this a substantive comment.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

(Edit: *automaton)

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Re:Computation at the Edge of Chaos (1990) [pdf] by ASalazarMX on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:50PM (#17524541)
My first, well-earned downvote goes to you.
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