SOFTWARE ENTRYPY:
#Smalltalk-80—236 classes
Cuis 7.0—675 classes
Squeak 6.0—2832 classes
Pharo 11.0—9986 classes
I miss those simpler days of #computing, back in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, when the #hardware #power was just high enough to do substantive work cheaply, and the #software #entropy was still low enough that one person could grasp almost any codebase in its entirety.
Penn and Teller do a trick about #Entropy for their 50th anniversary.
I love it.
But John von Neumann had a better idea: call it entropy — because, in his words, "no one really knows what entropy is, so you’ll always have the advantage in any argument." 😎
A genius move blending science and strategy! #ScienceHistory #Shannon #VonNeumann #Entropy
How Lava Lamps Help Cloudflare Keep The Internet Safe From Hackers
The #WallOfEntropy has over a hundred individual lava lamps. A camera snaps a picture that is converted into a corresponding numerical value. Since the lava is constantly moving no two images will ever be the same.
The result is a sequence of truly random numbers, which is then used as a starting point for generating the encryption key
#Cloudflare #lavalamp #entropy #encryption #security #cybersecurity
https://www.slashgear.com/1834664/cloudflare-lava-lamps-protect-internet-hackers/
#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Arieh #Ben-#Naim: “#Enchantment of #Entropy”
He assumes that we need a new basic #understanding of the #phenomenon of entropy. In Arieh's view, entropy, which originally stems from the 2nd #main #theorem of #thermodynamics, has been misused and incorrectly transferred as a #concept to other areas of #physics, #biology and everyday #life.
Read more at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/02/22/entzauberung-der-entropie/
#PhysicsJournalClub
"Temperature as joules per bit"
by C.A. Bédard, S. Berthelette, X. Coiteux-Roy, and S. Wolf
Am. J. Phys. 93, 390 (2025)
doi.org/10.1119/5.01...
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#Physics #Entropy #Thermodynamics
Temperature as joules per bit
#PhysicsJournalClub
"Temperature as joules per bit"
by C.A. Bédard, S. Berthelette, X. Coiteux-Roy, and S. Wolf
Am. J. Phys. 93, 390 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0198820
Entropy is an important but largely misunderstood quantity. A lot of this confusion arise from its original formulation within the framework of Thermodynamics. Looking at it from a microscopic point of view (i.e. approaching it as a Statistical Mechanics problem) makes it a lot more digestible, but its ties to Thermodynamics still creates a lot of unnecessary complications.
In this paper the authors suggest that by removing the forced connection between entropy and the Kelvin temperature scale, one can rethink entropy purely in terms of information capacity of a Physical system, which takes away a lot of the difficulties usually plaguing the understanding of what entropy is actually about.
I don't think the SI will ever consider their suggestion to remove Kelvins as a fundamental unit and include bits, but this paper will be a great boon to any student banging their head against the idea of entropy for the first (or second, or third) time.
#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Arieh #Ben-#Naim: “#Enchantment of #Entropy”
He assumes that we need a new basic #understanding of the #phenomenon of entropy. In Arieh's view, entropy, which originally stems from the 2nd #main #theorem of #thermodynamics, has been misused and incorrectly transferred as a #concept to other areas of #physics, #biology and everyday #life.
Read more at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/02/22/entzauberung-der-entropie/
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#personalgrowth #productivity #habits #motivation #entropy #groanzone #MarkPearl #MobMentalityShow
#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Arieh #Ben-#Naim: “#Enchantment of #Entropy”
He assumes that we need a new basic #understanding of the #phenomenon of entropy. In Arieh's view, entropy, which originally stems from the 2nd #main #theorem of #thermodynamics, has been misused and incorrectly transferred as a #concept to other areas of #physics, #biology and everyday #life.
Read more at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/02/22/entzauberung-der-entropie/
Ah yes, a 40-minute novel on #entropy penned by someone who admits they don't get it either. 🎩🎩 Surely, this will finally unravel the #mysteries of the cosmos, once we plod through a #novella that promises rigor while actually delivering a delightful mix of #confusion and time-wasting. 📚✨
https://jasonfantl.com/posts/What-is-Entropy/ #cosmic #timewasting #HackerNews #ngated
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-everything-in-the-universe-turns-more-complex-20250402
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43677232
#physics #thermodynamics #evolution #entropy #InformationTheory #philosophy #InformationScience #epistemology
2ŁØT taps Paul Oakenfold for explosive remix of 'Entropy' - #2ŁØT #2LOT #Entropy
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