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Alan Kay: Shannon gave us a way of dealing with noisy channels [video]
A video clip of computing pioneer Alan Kay is circulating on Hacker News, in which he discusses Claude Shannon, the mathematician who founded information theory. The snippet shown references Shannon's work on handling noisy communication channels, a foundational idea behind modern digital communication and computing. Commenters appear drawn to Kay's reflections on computing history and theory, though the full context of the discussion is limited to a single post with around 140 points and no visible thread detail.
Why now: A newly shared video of Alan Kay discussing Claude Shannon's information theory has resonated with Hacker News readers interested in computing history.
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