Only when you are framing it in terms of information entropy. I think many of those misunderstanding the study are thinking of bits as part of a standard byte. It’s a subtle distinction but that’s where I think the disconnect is

You may be misunderstanding the bit measure here. It’s not ten bits of information, basically a single byte. It’s ten binary yes/no decisions to equal the evaluation of 1024 distinct possibilities.

The measure comes from information theory but it is easy to confuse it with other uses of ‘bits’.

Which is actually an insane number of possibilities to be evaluated in a very short time. The 10 bits is a measure related to information entropy, not the typical bit units used in common computing parlance. I think that’s where some of the confusion is coming from in other comments on this study.

So thanks for the explanation, I think it addresses that common misunderstanding well.

Try it in German!

Das reboot ist immer gut!

I’m having some luck in building a community through my yoga practice. It’s challenging as a beginner because everyone just goes to yoga and then jets off to their next thing.

But I have become very serious with it and am preparing to get my teacher certification. Now I am starting to connect with people who share thtat level of dedication.

Now you could say this is religion technically, but it is so vastly different from the defective and derivative brand of xtianity I had pushed upon me as a youth that it doesn’t feel that way. Practicing Mormonism never gave me lickable abs.

I know, right. He’s vile, but like in a cosmic way?

Some real karmic fuckery happening, I posit.

53 years old here. Still peeling that onion.

But it tastes better, every layer. I guarantee.

This question is a bit too broad to get the answers you may want.

Here’s what I think we need to know to give the best answers:

• What general industry are you working in?
• How ‘bleeding edge’ is the research?
• Are you really pushing the envelope with new untested ideas, or just innovating incrementally around market-tested concepts?
• Is the R&D for a totally new company or is it occurring within an established company?
• What expenses are absolutely required, including labor, capital and operational costs? Do you need just a pen and paper and someone to use them? Or do you need a multi-billion semiconductor fab?

I love it when they try to give me reading assignments. I was there when the deep magic was written, freshman!

That’s a nice sentiment on the surface, but it mellows into something slightly toxic.

Malcovich, Malkovich, Makkovich!

I do not accept homework assignments at this time.

I’m too busy shitting on rich people.

Because PSL does not seek to get people elected, I question their usefulness as a revolutionary force.

PSL brands themselves as a political party. The only purpose of a political party is to get people elected. The track record there speaks for itself.

Exactly!

Then it’s a dumb revolution. No new human system can arise that doesn’t use remnants of the old. Observe the current revolution happening in the united states. The MAGA fuckers are putting their cronies into positions everywhere, with the clearly stated purpose of destroying our current system.

A revolution that envisions a clean start untainted by what came before is the revolution of a naive child.

I have to agree I find PSL disappointing. In their long history they don’t seem to have put even a dog catcher into elected office.

I recently began learning about mixnets. Interesting stuff there. Look up the Nym project for example

In many jurisdictions you can just file a police report on a self-serve website. This avoids them showing up and shooting your dog and usually suffices for a claim.

Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

I call it ‘building solidarity’ rather than ‘making friends’. A group of people that don’t like and trust each other are much easier to divide and conquer. But when the communication and trust is there? Then stuff starts to happen.