Alan Kay: Shannon gave us a way of dealing with noisy channels [video]
What happened
The following explanation is taken from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49622607 : Alan Kay was performing an AV test before giving a talk for Kristen Nygaard's 100-year birthday celebration, and God threw a monkey wrench into the loop, which Alan broke out of with amazing ideas from Claud Shannon that he thinks about every day. Alan Kay: Shannon Gave Us a Way of Dealing with Noisy Channels https://www.youtube.…
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