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Re:Don't Start Big, Start a Little Snowball by Retra on Monday September 12, 2016 @10:06PM (#12485160)
You can sort a deck of cards by shuffling it if you have enough time.
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Re:Don't Start Big, Start a Little Snowball by barrkel on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @05:07AM (#12486557)
However, if you move randomly around a discrete 3D space, you only have a ~34% of returning to your starting point, even if you keep moving forever. The more dimensions, the lower the chances that infinite randomness reaches any given point.
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Re:Don't Start Big, Start a Little Snowball by bbcbasic on Monday September 12, 2016 @10:07PM (#12485162)
Your not trying to sort though. You are trying to optimise.
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Re:Don't Start Big, Start a Little Snowball by Retra on Monday September 12, 2016 @10:32PM (#12485255)
For how long?
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Re:Don't Start Big, Start a Little Snowball by bbcbasic on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:17AM (#12486394)
Until IPO or acquihire
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