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Re:A Mini-Introduction to Information Theory by nabla9 on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:22AM (#19076987)
touche. 'p is independent' is brainfart.

The string is sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables (Bernoulli process). a and b are mutually exclusive events, not independent.

Re:A Mini-Introduction to Information Theory by mlevental on Monday February 04, 2019 @04:56PM (#19081028)
:) i appreciate your comment though that sincere learners don't start out by complaining - i will remember to remind people of that on here more often.