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Here [1] is a good article on the "random pick 2" idea in case anyone is interested. The paper is definitely worth reading too. It's definitely one of my favor
by plandis 9y ago
Here [1] is a good article on the "random pick 2" idea in case anyone is interested. The paper is definitely worth reading too.
It's definitely one of my favorite techniques that I keep in my "toolbox". Really simple, but not (at least to me) intuitive.
[1] https://brooker.co.za/blog/2012/01/17/two-random.html https://brooker.co.za/blog/2012/01/17/two-random.html
- thedirt0115 9y agoThere's also a more mathematically rigorous paper on the random-pick-2 topic in the references section of the Dropbox blog post -- https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~michaelm/postscripts/handbook2001.pdf https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~michaelm/postscripts/handbook2...
- plandis 9y agoYeah, sorry I wasn’t clear but that’s the paper I think that is worth reading. Thanks for linking directly.