Capacity
He wants to create a method of coding, but he doesn’t know what to do so he makes a random code. Then he is stuck. And then he asks the impossible question, “What would the average random code do?” He then proves that the average code is arbitrarily good, and that therefore there must be at least one good code. Who but a man of infinite courage could have dared to think those thoughts?
-Richard Hamming on Claude Shannon
It wants to create a man of infinite courage, but it doesn’t know what to do so it makes a random man. Then it is stuck. And then it asks the impossible question, “What would the average random man do?” It then proves that the average man is capable of arbitrary courage, and that therefore there must be at least one infinitely brave man. What but good code could have dared to think those thoughts?
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Limerick Commemorating the Shanghai-Capella Upgrade
There once was a fellow named Buterin Who took Bitcoin and put a computer in. He said with a smirk, "Who needs proof of work? I would simply not let a colluder in."
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wa wa wee wa very nice!