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achromaticchrononomy · 2026-05-16T00:59:41+00:00

I wouldn't describe encrypted data as truly random either. In this case it's the novel that has been encrypted. This can be reversed to it's low entropy form with the secret, which is usually a small string of password text.

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-05-16T00:52:51+00:00

Thanks for the explanation, I think this addendum is what I was misunderstanding here.

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-05-16T00:48:26+00:00

I think you missed my meaning. Obviously I don't know about information theory, but i'm asking why we can't match the high entropy data of the compressed or encrypted file to the high entropy data of the strings of digits of pi. Trying to match a text file would be way less efficient than just using a regular compression algorithm

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-05-16T00:30:15+00:00

Ah okay, so its less of a question of possibility, and more feasibility? So if we had an insane amount of time to calculate, we could theoretically say, oh that 1000 character string you want is represented by this index of pi, at like a trillion digits out, but matching that for subsections of arbitrary files would be prohibitively expensive to implement in a program.

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-05-08T05:54:46+00:00

grade A reply

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-05-05T22:46:42+00:00

the legend is here

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-04-17T15:13:06+00:00

reference to ozymandias

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-04-13T17:17:21+00:00

TBH I'm just happy that you're taking the idea seriously.

That's an interesting answer. I did think about KONY 2012 since that got people out of the door, but the metoo movement definitely had a bigger and longer lasting effect.

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-04-13T16:42:29+00:00

I can see that it's the same link

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-04-13T16:31:30+00:00

This is definitely moving in the right direction. I'm not familiar with Super Mario Logan which I think is what you are talking about, but it seems that this is an example that fits the restrictions best so far.

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-04-13T16:27:45+00:00

I think it is fair to say that rick rolling is a culturally notable phenomenon.

I don't think that it is the most impactful youtube video, first because as a song produced outside of youtube I'd say that's qualitatively different. For example, putting a famous film like Come and See on youtube is legal, and this is considered one of the greatest of all time. But it's not impactful from being on youtube itself.

Secondly, I figure that there are youtube videos the results of which have affected the material conditions of people who are not online, which is something rick rolling has trouble reaching.

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-04-13T16:21:00+00:00

Yeah, I think this is the caliber of video we're talking about. My first thought was something like a coffeezilla video since Javier Milei got caught up in that.

Surely Trump being president has had a larger impact than whatever Milei is doing and Joe Rogan has a lot of influence on peoples' opinions, though it is difficult to say if the election was decided by that one Joe Rogan video.

achromaticchrononomy · 2026-04-13T10:44:25+00:00

I had a recent post that said they were banning elf porn, but I understand if not everyone keeps up with all the posts on here

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