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0 points_a_a_a_1y ago0 comments

Why? So long as you know the probabilities and they are tolerable, why?

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kardos1y ago· 3 in thread

The challenge is to get the right answer. It's much less interesting if you relax the challenge to no longer require the right answer. Here's a really fast approximate answer: 50000000*(2^31-1)/2

sYnfo1y ago

Map vs. territory. The challenge, as defined by the system the competition runs on, is to get 3 correct responses in a row. That's it.

nerdponx1y ago

The fact that it's wrong sometimes is a lot less interesting than the probability distribution of wrongness, conditional on magnitude.

Neywiny1y ago

Solid point and good example

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