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Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by 8note on Thursday November 12, 2026 @06:42PM (#50476056)
possion distribution is what i learned in university for describing this kind of event?

the book is underutilized?

Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by stuxnet79 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @06:46PM (#50476093)
No I learned it in university like most of us did but 10+ years in tech I have never once seen somebody reach out for it in situations like this one where it is a natural fit.

Few people understand it well, even though it's effectively a binomial distribution (easy to grok) but with special constraints.