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h3mlocke , 5 hours ago to til in TIL Of Shannon's number. This number states that the game of chess holds more move possibilities than the entire universe holds atoms.

Go players be like 🙄

henfredemars , 6 hours ago to til in TIL Of Shannon's number. This number states that the game of chess holds more move possibilities than the entire universe holds atoms.

Is this the same Shannon of Nyquist-Shannon?

Rhynoplaz , 7 hours ago to til in TIL Of Shannon's number. This number states that the game of chess holds more move possibilities than the entire universe holds atoms.

How many universes could a game of Magic the Gathering make?

f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 , 5 hours ago

Let’s just say “many!” The game is also proven Turing-complete so you can build a general-purpose computer within it, if you like.

My quick description of MtG to interested non-players: “One of the original CCGs, created by a math professor, like chess but you build your army from a pool of tens of thousands of pieces which is then randomized. Richard Garfield somehow patented turning cards sideways. 😅”

linearchaos , 7 hours ago to til in TIL Of Shannon's number. This number states that the game of chess holds more move possibilities than the entire universe holds atoms.

I mean, there are nearly as many ways to shuffle a deck of cards as there are Adams in the universe.

casino , 7 hours ago

I sure hope there aren’t 52! Adams in the universe, where would they all live?

linearchaos , 6 hours ago

Voice dictation gets it wrong every now and then but I’m not about to spend the time to change it.

sanguinepar , 5 hours ago

Yeah, just Eve it as it is.

quilan , 6 hours ago

In the Adam singularity, naturally!

DScratch , 7 hours ago to til in TIL Of Shannon's number. This number states that the game of chess holds more move possibilities than the entire universe holds atoms.

And then Anarchy Chess joins the server.