prolyx

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1. 1.▲
   by prolyx 4y ago

   There are many ways of slicing and dicing things so that you group different sequences, e.g. group permutations as the same as you have done. But by "number" I was referring to a sequence of symbols drawn from a uniform distributi
2. 2.▲
   by prolyx 4y ago

   Yeah, they would be far better off just guessing under 60 every time...
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   by prolyx 4y ago

   Precisely. A difference only arises when comparing sets of strings. In our example, the number of elements in the set uniform strings aaaa...a of length L is equal to the number of distinct symbols N, while the number of district strings of
4. 4.▲
   by prolyx 4y ago

   111111 is just as likely as any other number. However, in practice, humans are far more likely to think of 111111 than other numbers, so we exploit the difference between the probability a human guesses a number vs. the probability of roll