I don't see how that can be a subtle difference. How is a bit of external storage data only subtly different from information content that tells the probability of the event occurring is ½?
For one, password security theory that actually works (instead of just "use a special character") is based on information theory and its concept of entropy.
Information theory is an accepted field. The entropy in information theory is analogous and named after entropy in thermodynamics, but it's not actually just thermodynamics. It looks like its own study. I know this because of all the debate around that correcthorsebatterystaple xkcd.
I get your argument now. Do note that this entropy is about information theory and not thermodynamics, so I concur that the Techspot article is at fault here.
The external storage data and shannon are both called bits, exactly because they’re both base 2. That does not mean they’re the same. As the article explains it, a shannon is like a question from 20 questions.
From a cursory glance it seems at least quite close to the definition of a bit in relation to entropy, also known as a shannon.
Nevertheless, the term bits of information or simply bits is more often heard, even in the fields of information and communication theory, rather than shannons; just saying bits can therefore be ambiguous. Using the unit shannon is an explicit reference to a quantity of information content, information entropy or channel capacity, and is not restricted to binary data, whereas bits can as well refer to the number of binary symbols involved, as is the term used in fields such as data processing.
—Wikipedia article for shannons
I mean, my instance is a testing ground run by the founding maintainer of the Fedi software the server runs on (mbin), and that person happens to be a crypto believer. His activities and communications absolutely do not sound like what you describe.
why does that mean she’s a crypto queen? the hype around crypto clearly makes it a stable job to get started with, and being junior developer doesn’t mean she was a magnate at all. i don’t get the characterization of her or why there are much more reasons to hate her than reasons to hate gabe newell.
But I mean, this is America, where we say "Fuck community projects!" the corporations I hate and bitch about all the time pamper me like a baby and I must have that pampering!
well, the sad truth of corporate america is that corporations just have more capital and resources to make for a better user experience.
