Death Note: L, Anonymity and Eluding Entropy (2011)
by teej on 1/31/2026, 7:11:34 PM
https://gwern.net/death-note-anonymity
Comments
by: hibikir
The analysis forgets the very first problem after someone is killing criminals visibly: Light relies on TV to find them. You could tell it's Japan without doing any math about time zones or anythING, as TV itself brings in the bias. To pretend you are elsewhere, you have to be consuming foreign news to even begin to have a chance to hide yourself
1/31/2026, 8:26:39 PM
by: dang
Related. Others?<p><i>Death Note: L, Anonymity and Eluding Entropy</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26826585">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26826585</a> - April 2021 (10 comments)<p><i>Death Note: L, Anonymity and Eluding Entropy (2017)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20617325">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20617325</a> - Aug 2019 (139 comments)<p><i>Death Note Anonymity: L, Anonymity and Eluding Entropy</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9553494">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9553494</a> - May 2015 (23 comments)<p><i>Who wrote the 'Death Note' script?</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5010846">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5010846</a> - Jan 2013 (79 comments)
1/31/2026, 7:14:09 PM
by: poppingtonic
This essay nerd sniped me <i>hard</i> into information theory. Absolutely love it.
1/31/2026, 7:27:26 PM
by: wodenokoto
I would highly recommend the 2006 deaths note films.<p>I found the manga and anime to have too many side stories. Fans of them love these near miss stories, but I found them like a bunch of dead ends.<p>The double feature is well made and much more focused on the core story, imho<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(2006_film)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(2006_film)</a>
1/31/2026, 7:42:41 PM
by: SilverElfin
> How much positive evidence for guilt is necessary before we decide that some man should be put away?<p>Isn’t this what “beyond a reasonable doubt” is doing? It’s obviously not precise but it’s an intention of the current system.
1/31/2026, 8:43:33 PM