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Maxwell's Demon

Interactions
  • Click the door in the wall to wedge it open for six seconds: the hot and cold halves start to mix and the difference decays
  • Click a molecule to kick it: it shoots off fast, tinted red, and shares its energy through collisions
  • Click the imp to make it doze: its slack hand lets the door drift, so molecules pass at random
  • Idle: three acts cycle by themselves: free mixing, the demon sorting and writing bits, and the erasure that warms the brazier
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