j_chance

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   by j_chance 1y ago

   Ok this took some time to think about. I've always conflated entropy and randomness/data, but this is wrong. Say that i sample 512 bytes of data from an entropy source. That data is no longer entropic, because it's no longer
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   by j_chance 1y ago

   Thanks! > Existential reality is not made up of information > Potential and potential resolving (true entropy) is the underlying phenomenon not state (information). I think this leads to the question "is information a function of
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   The Curious Case of Entropy(keccak-doomsday.com)

   2 points by j_chance 1y ago|7 comments
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   by j_chance 2y ago

   Solving `Ax=b` is easy if `x` can be any value. But if you bound `x` such that all entries must be small (e.g. only zeroes and ones) then the problem is hard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_integer_solution_problem