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Alan Kay: Shannon gave us a way of dealing with noisy channels [video]

Hacker News Friday 25 September 2026, 18:37 UTC By behoove 1 min read
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Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjntrqhn8pk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848295 Points: 9 # Comments: 1

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjntrqhn8pk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848295

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

Alan Kay (PERSON) Shannon (LOCATION) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848295 Points (PERSON)
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