That works well in the fictional world where there’s no friction, but in the real world, it would…

It has, effectively, cost 0 energy to toggle the binary bit. This is an important statement. John Von Neumann once said “it costs energy to toggle a switch” bu…
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That works well in the fictional world where there’s no friction, but in the real world, it would cost energy to toggle the ball. Isn’t the same true for all forms of toggles?
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