Unique ID

I work on gas meters. They tend to last decades before needing replacement. I won the lottery and showed up to the property that had this unique meter ID. The odds of coming across this specific number was really really slim.

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tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 214d (1 reply)

bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 214d

vaionko@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 214d (2 replies)

The odds of coming across this specific number was really really slim.

Actually, the odds are exactly the same as any other specific number

khannie@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 214d

Yes. Really, really slim as they said.

polotype@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 214d

Probabilities fear this man

toofpic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 214d (1 reply)

1234567/1, to be precise

Golden@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 214d

At least 1,234,567:1 there could be more 

QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 213d (1 reply)

We’re still years away from sound-based energy technology, although the “scream-beam” has proven quite effective in early trials on political prisoners

Oka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 213d

I think your comment is on the wrong post :p