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minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·edit-22 months 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-up20·2 months agoThis comment is in the library of babel.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoHow many bytes is the Library of Babel? Petabytes? Exabytes? Zettabytes?
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI’d guess its infinite.
minus-squarebooly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 months 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-down1·2 months agoIf it’s stored on a server somewhere, it can’t be infinite.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoIts generated dynamically based on a seed string.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months 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-up5·2 months agoIt doesn’t generate and save it, it generates it again at the same position.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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?