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2026-05-17 21:57:13 +0000 <Leary> Fair. Re pure concurrency, there are simple models like KPNs where components may execute in any order but the network as a whole processes a stream deterministically.
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2026-05-17 21:45:32 +0000 <geekosaur> consider that we say "prune" with respect to edges or vertices of graphs
2026-05-17 21:44:23 +0000 <geekosaur> yeh, I think I'd consider "pare down" and "whittle down" to be equivalent from different sources, but both more informal than "prune"
2026-05-17 21:43:15 +0000 <tomsmeding> Leary: nice. I think 'prune' is still more in the programming vernacular for this kind of thing, but that's a very apt word for what I wrote initially
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2026-05-17 21:41:34 +0000 <Leary> tomsmeding: Cheers! Also: "pare down".
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2026-05-17 21:22:17 +0000 <EvanR> you need higher order probability to model the probability model being wrong, then iterate
2026-05-17 21:21:42 +0000 <tomsmeding> EvanR: if you have proved beyond a shred of a doubt that the probability is that low, perhaps. In practice, the probability of failure is significantly higher because you probably get probabilities of people or systems doing weird stuff wrong :p
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2026-05-17 21:17:51 +0000 <EvanR> also in cybernetics there's many systems interacting on a shared timeline, I guess this makes it a vast subset of concurrency and maybe too concrete
2026-05-17 21:16:41 +0000 <EvanR> lol
2026-05-17 21:16:39 +0000 <EvanR> it's fine
2026-05-17 21:16:31 +0000 <EvanR> if the chance is on the order of your computer failing to radioisotopes in the silicon
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2026-05-17 21:09:29 +0000 <tomsmeding> that... sounds risky
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2026-05-17 21:01:12 +0000 <EvanR> lately I've been applying probability to everything: the size of this integer is exponentially decaying so picking int64 instead of arbitrary precision gives a high chance the program works!
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2026-05-17 20:59:38 +0000 <EvanR> answer: probably xD
2026-05-17 20:58:51 +0000 <EvanR> yes that's also the "issue" with information theory, is probability appropriate in the first place
2026-05-17 20:58:17 +0000 <tomsmeding> the issue with most practical nondeterminism is that it's not probabilistic but instead other components of the system, that are relevant to your model, doing stuff