They’re probably the only things that “create” information in the sense that you can always grab another slice. Thank you delicious pi!

  • @grue
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    112 months ago

    Randomness is the opposite of information.

    • Deebster
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      42 months ago

      It’s irrational, which just appears random (which is why I said pseudorandom).

      • @Serinus
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        12 months ago

        You don’t want your encryption keys to be predictable.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      It is not. If I in July in Europe will say “there is no snow outside”, I give you very little information. If in same conditions I will say “there is snow outside”, I will give a lot of information.

      Amount of information is proportional to (logarithm of) improbability of outcome.