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Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by stavros on Saturday May 09, 2026 @10:46AM (#48075403)
What do you mean by opposing sides of midnight? They'd be born on the same day then, if one is born just before midnight of the 2nd and the one (later) just after midnight of the 1st.
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Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by saghm on Saturday May 09, 2026 @02:55PM (#48077285)
Ships can sail in both directions
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Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by stavros on Saturday May 09, 2026 @02:59PM (#48077313)
Yeah, and then the eldest twin is born on the 31st and the youngest on the 2nd, same as before.
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