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Re:There are only four billion floats, so test them all (2014) by btrask on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:54PM (#24749436)
It's known as the birthday paradox. There is a probability table here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox#Probability_t...
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Re:There are only four billion floats, so test them all (2014) by jcims on Sunday October 11, 2020 @07:16PM (#24749948)
Yes! That’s the part that I was having trouble getting my head around. Looks like 96 bits would have been fine and 128 more than adequate. A small bit of vindication :)
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