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1. pjungw+Jk
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2020-04-26 21:48:43
>>qqqqqu+(OP)
Entropy. Sometimes you read that it's a measure of randomness; sometimes, information. Aren't randomness and information opposites?
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2. yters+Lo
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2020-04-26 22:24:07
>>pjungw+Jk
The way I think of entropy like the capacity of the channel. The channel can be filled with less information than the capacity, but not more.
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