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But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction

3Blue1Brown · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Information theory & signal processingRecreational & visual math

What it is

3Blue1Brown's discovery-oriented introduction to error correction codes, building up Hamming codes from the puzzle of locating a flipped bit. It explains the parity-check idea and why it is so efficient.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an invaluable, intuitive explanation of Hamming codes that pairs well with hardware-oriented treatments.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I would strongly recommend anyone interested in the topic to check out any of these videos”

    Invaluable explanation of Hamming codes

    Hanschri, 2022-11 · Strong recommendation · in “The essence of Reed-Solomon coding”

  2. “pairs well with the 3Blue1Br video on the subject”

    Pairs well with Ben Eater's hardware explanation

    the__alchemist, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “What is error correction? Hamming codes in hardware by Ben Eater [video]”

  3. “I'm a big fan of this video from Reducible on Huffman codes”

    Fan recommendation of 3Blue1Brown on Hamming codes

    adamisntdead, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “A layman’s guide to recreational mathematics videos”

  4. “If you want to learn more about Hamming Codes from a mathematical perspective, I recommend 3Blue1Brown's YouTube series”

    Mathematical perspective on Hamming codes

    WaffleIronMaker, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “You Won’t Believe This One Weird CPU Instruction (2019)”

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Topics: hamming codes, error correction, parity, information theory, 3blue1brown

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