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1. userbi+da7[view] [source] 2023-11-28 03:13:10
>>tromp+(OP)
You know you've been working with computers for a while when reading the title immmediately evokes 18446... in your mind.

I was expecting the article to at least mention Kolmogorov complexity, or perhaps the demoscene (there are, surprisingly enough, 8-byte entries there.)

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2. tromp+pD7[view] [source] 2023-11-28 08:37:41
>>userbi+da7
I mention Kolmogorov complexity in the form of "shortest description lengths" at

> This property mirrors a notion of optimality for shortest description lengths, where it’s known as the Invariance theorem:

with the latter linking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity#Invarian...

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