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Re:Finding Waldo in π by tromp on Friday April 01, 2022 @03:39AM (#30876023)
> What are the odds?

Assuming pi is normal [1], the probability of any bit string occurring in pi is 1.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number

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Re:Finding Waldo in π by kundor on Friday April 01, 2022 @09:51AM (#30878049)
But the probability of you actually finding where that string occurs before the sun goes nova is much, much smaller.
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