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Re:Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms by lsiebert on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:09AM (#24563203)
No, all strings theoretically exist in ๐›‘ given enough digits, so longer strings don't reduce probability of existence, they just mean that it will take more digits to find them.
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Re:Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms by tsbertalan on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:31AM (#24563318)
See Borell-Cantelli lemma.
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Re:Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms by gorgoiler on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:22PM (#24586270)
I looked this up but Iโ€™m not sure I grasp your point.

Are you saying that:

- given a long string, we might ask โ€œcan this string be found in PI?โ€

- the probability of finding a long string in PI is infinitely small

- the number of possible strings in PI is infinitely large

- itโ€™s not possible to decide if the answer is yes or no?

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