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I can't really tell to what extent you're not computing previous digits (or doing work that could quickly be used to come up with these previous digits) with this algorithm but O(n^2) seems quite heavy compared to O(1) (I expect) to get the n'th digit of op's number.

Maybe I should rephrase it:

My assumption is: If there is an O(1) algorithm to determine the n-th digit of an irrational number x then the number is still "of a different class" than the likes of pi and there OP might not be able to induce things from this "lesser class of irrational numbers"

However, it's just an intuition

I narrowed down "algorithm" to a specific sort of algorithm in the original reply.

What I meant is:

Describe the n-th digit of an irrational number without calculating all previous positions of the number.

If pi were a sequence of digits, there is no algorithm to calculate it other than by calculating pi but there is one for op's number. The very fact that he could show the algorithm for creating the sequence of numbers in his post is indicative of that.

For pi such an algorithm doesn't exist (other than calculating pi itself).

I wanted to emphasize this by talking about the "sequence of digits" in my original reply but apparently I failed at explaining this well.

So here's a bet:

I give you the 10^100th digit of the above algorithm and you give me the 10^100th digit of pi.

Whoever fails owes the other side 10 BTC.

The difference might be:

For your example there is an algorithm to describe the sequence of digits and for Pi there isn't.

EDIT + Clarification: There is an algorithm to calculate the digits of your number without calculating all previous digits. But for pi there isn't.

Bold claim in terms of IT (there exists currently no self-aware system in IT) but of course it contains all the info needed to build a human.

I'd rather say it contains the code to generate itself which should be much easier (= earlier) to find.

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Frankly, I don't see how regulations or laws should protect the user for several reasons:

Firstly, there are already privacy laws yet it doesn't look as if they apply and that Verizon thinks that even in the case of a law suit Verizon will be able to benefit more than this law suit will cost.

Secondly, even if a court determines that the conduct of Verizon in this case is not legal, the verdict will still be special enough to not be applicable in a loop hole case. So I see protection provided by law as limited.

Thirdly, enforcement is rather difficult and not as obvious as, e.g., a daylight robbery, especially for non-technical observers which I presume to be the vast majority of law enforcement personnel.

And finally, (and rather an opinion) I think government is rather delighted to know who does what on the internet, so I don't see a real motive for them to move decisively apart from some half-* voter appeasement.

I think he means that _using clojure_ (to implement the IDE) is very language specific as opposed to saying "it is based on clojure" or "clojure is cool because X" (which everyone can).

Obviously "Panic" is a well-known company for developing IOs applications and for at least 145 people on HN this is common knowledge.

Is there anything special about this company?

EDIT: Although the people downvoting (currently -1) this won't read this edit anymore, the question was (and is) meant serious.

I work 50%+ in Clojure as an IT Consultant and here in Europe it's not that easy to find a company that uses Clojure and embraces its benefits.

When I use clojure, it's typically for companies who need to get something done and then I choose clojure to do it, but only once someone specifically asked me for clojure (but it was an American company).

I don't find it as easy to work as clojure guy in Europe.

In comparison, in the US there's much more demand but many companies refrain from remote contracting Europeans (even though I think my background is quite good ML, Data Science, Statistics, ..)

So IMO the TL;DR is: filling clojure positions is only a problem in the US, not in Europe.