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threepipeproblm | 7 years ago

Reminds me of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_paradox

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grkvlt|7 years ago

Yeah, I sort of assumed that the Berry paradox was going to be the point too - Anyone who found the shortest bit sequence could never display it on a web page since that would cause its transmission over the Internet, making it ineligible...

Dylan16807|7 years ago

Displaying a series of bits on a web page doesn't cause that series of bits to be transmitted.