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Cream, Compression, and Complexity: Notes from a Coffee-Induced Rabbit Hole

I have recently stumbled upon this paper which, quite unexpectedly, sent me down a rabbit hole reading about compression, generalisation, algorithmic information theory and looking at gifs of milk mixing with coffee on the internet. Here are some half-processed takeaways from this weird journey.

Complexity of a cup of Coffee

First, check out this cool video.

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