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Re:Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Int... by pkaye on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:53PM (#16877520)
Imagine doing that with 7 dice... 7/6 probability!
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Re:Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Int... by escherplex on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:05PM (#16878362)
Which suggests the probability of the event not happening would be -1/6, which suggests the quasiprobability of the event not not happening. Obviously no ambiguity there. /s
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