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BlueTemplar • 01/22/2025 • 1 reply • view on HN

For the most sensitive algorithms, if the algorithm cannot be explained in easily understandable language (as determined by a jury), then it's illegal.

(It's how we use paper ballots rather than machines, and especially not everyday computers for voting : the extra risk just isn't worth it.)

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godelski • 01/22/2025

  >  if the algorithm cannot be explained in easily understandable language (as determined by a jury), then it's illegal.
You've just made

  - A*
  - VNMC Sampling
  - Runge–Kutta
  - PDE solvers
  - Integrals
  - Monte Carlo Integration
and so much more illegal. You've probably made all of computing illegal because good luck explaining systemd let alone kernels to a jury.
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