# Sliding Blocks Computing

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**Created:** [19 May 2023 15:13 UTC](https://forum.malleable.systems/t/sliding-blocks-computing/75 "2023-05-19T15:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![neauoire](https://forum-cdn.malleable.systems/user_avatar/forum.malleable.systems/neauoire/32/215_2.png) [@neauoire](https://forum.malleable.systems/u/neauoire)\
**Post date:** [19 May 2023 17:01 UTC](https://forum.malleable.systems/t/sliding-blocks-computing/75/3 "2023-05-19T17:01:42Z")

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## Additional Papers

> **[hearn-thesis-final.pdf](https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/bob/hearn-thesis-final.pdf)**
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> 5.28 MB

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I love the overlap between game computing and reversible computation:

> Ordinary computers are not reversible. As a result, the information losses that are constantly occurring in an ordinary computer result in an increase in entropy, manifested as heat.

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264854335\_Any\_Monotone\_Function\_Is\_Realized\_by\_Interlocked\_Polygons](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264854335_Any_Monotone_Function_Is_Realized_by_Interlocked_Polygons)

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