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by thaumasiotes 854 days ago
Saying stupid things is pretty likely to draw insults. They were obviously warranted here.

> The interesting thing about chaotic systems is that they have very divergent futures for very similar inputs, not that they're random.

If you were paying attention... that's exactly what ape_key was referring to. The problem under discussion is that very similar inputs to the game logic lead to radically different states of the game at a later time. The nondeterminism is what gives rise to the fact that the inputs are "very similar" rather than "identical".

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Insults are warranted because I affirmed what he said? What? You’ve been a member of this site for 12 years. Maybe you are a bit too jaded from your interactions here. I have reported your comment