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		__alexs on May 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Infinite complexity in 4096 bytes Or ~4096 bytes of Kolmogorov complexity...

Symmetry on May 11, 2012 | [–]

Yes, its not literally "infinite complexity in 4096 bytes", but I think poetic license is entirely justified here... it is a sort of visual poetry after all.

jackpirate on May 12, 2012 | [–]

Technically it's only 4096 bytes given all the other infrastructure the code accesses. Which is quite a bit.

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