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Re:How to choose? by tomp on Friday August 29, 2014 @01:45PM (#8243588)
You're right, I don't know what I was thinking... Anyways, about your second paragraph, doesn't that only work if the number of desired outcomes (children) is non-prime?
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Re:How to choose? by mindslight on Friday August 29, 2014 @02:04PM (#8243683)
Even worse - non-coprime with the entropy source. That's why I had to change the example to 6 children.
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