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Don’t Play with the Odds: How the Birthday Paradox Hit Us While Coding Solid
- ColinWright 11y agoI wrote about this some time ago[0] and submitted it here on HN[1], where there was an interesting discussion. That article includes a complete derivation[2] that's simply quoted in this submission. [0] http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/TheBirthdayParadox.html?HN-20150513 http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/TheBirthdayParadox.html?HN-201... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4753014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4753014 [2] http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/TheBirthdayParadox.html#toc_name002 http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/TheBirthdayParadox.html#toc_na...