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Re:Computation as a Universal and Fundamental Concept by Robotbeat on Saturday July 11, 2026 @09:58AM (#48872128)
I’m aware of the von Neumann joke.

There is, however, a direct equivalence between them derived from the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer's_principle

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Re:Computation as a Universal and Fundamental Concept by jibal on Saturday July 11, 2026 @07:19PM (#48876767)
Um, only the second part was a joke. The first part was confirmation of your statement that it's not just an analogy or coincidence ... and Shannon followed von Neumann's advice (not joke).
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