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minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·edit-211 days agoall of these are actually already recorded in the library of babel as long as you spell them out. seven nine f four e six three four dash c eight b four dash four f e a dash b eight six e dash e three eight four nine seven a two f b f six
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·11 days agoThis comment is in the library of babel.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoHow many bytes is the Library of Babel? Petabytes? Exabytes? Zettabytes?
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days agoI’d guess its infinite.
minus-squarebooly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-211 days agoThe specifications described in Borges’ original short story implies there are 25^1312000 books, which is unfathomably large but technically still finite.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 days agoIf it’s stored on a server somewhere, it can’t be infinite.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 days agoIts generated dynamically based on a seed string.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 days agoHuh, if it’s dynamically generated, would the storage required to host website grow as visitors search for more strings?
minus-squarebane_killgrind@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoIt doesn’t generate and save it, it generates it again at the same position.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoIn that case, wouldn’t the “address” for the position of the string in the library be as long as the string itself?
all of these are actually already recorded in the library of babel as long as you spell them out.
seven nine f four e six three four dash c eight b four dash four f e a dash b eight six e dash e three eight four nine seven a two f b f six
This comment is in the library of babel.
How many bytes is the Library of Babel?
Petabytes? Exabytes? Zettabytes?
I’d guess its infinite.
The specifications described in Borges’ original short story implies there are 25^1312000 books, which is unfathomably large but technically still finite.
If it’s stored on a server somewhere, it can’t be infinite.
Its generated dynamically based on a seed string.
Huh, if it’s dynamically generated, would the storage required to host website grow as visitors search for more strings?
It doesn’t generate and save it, it generates it again at the same position.
In that case, wouldn’t the “address” for the position of the string in the library be as long as the string itself?