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Re:Ugly Avatar by navane on Monday March 25, 2024 @04:55PM (#39821166)
What you are looking for is called the secretary problem [0]. This states that in a search like yours, you can determine beforehand how often you are willing to press "another", and after 37% of attempts, you pick the first one that's better than the best one so far.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem

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