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Re:How to Be More Agentic by Podgajski on Saturday January 13, 2024 @10:34AM (#38980842)
Playing the lottery versus not playing the lottery doesn’t change your luck, it changes your odds.

If two people play the lottery the same amount of times and one person wins way more than the other, You would say one person was luckier than the other.

Re:How to Be More Agentic by stvltvs on Saturday January 13, 2024 @11:29AM (#38981476)
The meaning of the word lucky has shifted over time as we stopped believing that certain people have things go their way more often than average because fate, the gods, or whatever favors them.
Re:How to Be More Agentic by riwsky on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:26PM (#38982180)
I had stopped believing in fate, too—until I learned that (popular astrology app) Co-Star makes heavy use of Haskell[1]. So since they got my horoscope to compile, it’s probably correct.

[1]: https://www.costarastrology.com/why-haskell