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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by benj111 on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:27PM (#35139135)
But if I buy a lottery ticket, there's theoretically a chance of winning, even though I never actually will. It would still be fraud if someone sold lottery tickets for a lottery that never was.

Tarot readers are selling a fake good. You can't really escape the ethical implications of that.

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by dwringer on Monday March 13, 2023 @02:12PM (#35139934)
As long as the fortune is vague enough to apply to more than 40-50 people, then the chance of a fabricated fortune-telling for you coming true simply by pure random coincidence seems to be greater than the chance of winning the lottery.
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by FartyMcFarter on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:56AM (#35149268)
I see your point, but that's not how fortune telling is sold.
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