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Even then I don't see a direct way to extract a list like this.
I think it's safe to assume that dang has access to tools that we mortals are unable to comprehend, without being driven to madness.
This is disturbing to realize that pi then contains all the past and future knowledge, including when I'll pass away.
https://dn760100.eu.archive.org/0/items/TheLibraryOfBabel/ba...
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> Since the file is 128 bits long, one would expect this place to be around the 2*128th bit. > Calculate the number of bits to encode that value using log2(938933556), which is ~29.8 Can someone explain these two statements to me?
for > Calculate the number of bits to encode that value using log2(938933556), which is ~29.8 This is roughly same as saying: "If you rewrite 938933556 as a binary number / usize, it will need 30 bits". Sanity check: 1101111111|0110111111|0100110100 (| delimits every 10 bigits). > Since the file is 128 bits long, one would expect this place to be around the 2*128th bit. This statement is a bit more subtle. As a first…
Reminds me of when I tried to use the library of babel as a data compression tool. It led me down a fun rabbit hole and was my first introduction to information theory. The conclusion being that you basically need the same amount of data to represent the address of your data as the data itself, so it's not really effective at compression, just a fun thought experiment. The cool part of this in modern times is that LL…
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for > Calculate the number of bits to encode that value using log2(938933556), which is ~29.8 This is roughly same as saying: "If you rewrite 938933556 as a binary number / usize, it will need 30 bits". Sanity check: 1101111111|0110111111|0100110100 (| delimits every 10 bigits). > Since the file is 128 bits long, one would expect this place to be around the 2*128th bit. This statement is a bit more subtle. As a first…
Thank you!!!
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I think it's safe to assume that dang has access to tools that we mortals are unable to comprehend, without being driven to madness.
For this use case, of finding related threads, I thought he wrote not special tools, but rather uses just https://hn.algolia.com/
I think ChrisMarshallNY is right, dang has access to eldritch powers.
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See also: Recursion
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How are you generating these lists