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Re:Shannon’s Source Coding Theorem (Foundations of Informati... by 082349872349872 on Sunday June 18, 2023 @05:42PM (#36384815)
I'm fond of his "mind-reading machine": https://literateprograms.org/mind_reading_machine__awk_.html

(compare Agassi/Becker for the value of single-bit predictions)

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Re:Shannon’s Source Coding Theorem (Foundations of Informati... by metadat on Sunday June 18, 2023 @06:33PM (#36385224)
Wow, what a fascinating concept and read. It's humbling to consider and marvel at what early technology pioneers like Claude Shannon envisioned and accomplished with a tiny, miniscule sliver of computational power compared to what we are surrounded by today.

I couldn't resist submitting it, especially considering it has not yet been discussed on HN*:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36385198

(*A different link covering the same subject was submitted 6 years ago but never caught on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14450232)

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