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Re:Houston is experiencing its third ‘500-year’ flood in 3 y... by walshemj on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @06:45AM (#15131054)
really voted down for pointing out probability 101 I would have expected better mathematical knowledge on HN
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Re:Houston is experiencing its third ‘500-year’ flood in 3 y... by Piskvorrr on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:41AM (#15139849)
Probability 101 begins with a qualifier: "Assuming independent events..."

This can mean two things: a) a set of events that is evidently possible, but increasingly improbable b) events that are not independent

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