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Re:25 is ‘golden age’ for the ability to make random choices by joelg on Monday April 17, 2017 @12:48PM (#14132388)
Reminds me of the Aaronson Oracle: http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nick/aaronson-oracle/

It's a simple algorithm to predict human-generated coin flips by exploiting our aversion to extremes.

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Re:25 is ‘golden age’ for the ability to make random choices by pmalynin on Monday April 17, 2017 @01:24PM (#14132727)
55%, take that computer overlords.
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Re:25 is ‘golden age’ for the ability to make random choices by pvitz on Monday April 17, 2017 @01:33PM (#14132803)
Try it again with closed eyes. That worked for me to move the number to 50% and lower.
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