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A comment on Ask HN: Can you use a quantum RNG to create all possible programs?.

Re:Ask HN: Can you use a quantum RNG to create all possible ... by codingdave on Monday April 07, 2025 @01:21PM (#43613787)
Sure, this sounds like a modernized version of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
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Re:Ask HN: Can you use a quantum RNG to create all possible ... by parpfish on Monday April 07, 2025 @01:27PM (#43613859)
but this replaces "an infinite amount of time" with "an infinite amount of universes"

so why not wake up every morning and make a random string because it guarantees at least one of you out in the multiverse just got something incredible for free?

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