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A number chosen truly at random will have infinite digits

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al4s@feddit.de
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The probability of getting a finite number is pretty much zero.

For any range [0; n], where n is finite, there are always infinitely many numbers larger than n, so the probability of getting a number in said range is n/(n+infinity). I feel very confident in saying that something with that probability will never happen.

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funkajunk@lemm.ee
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If there’s any probability of an event, on an infinite timeline, it occurs infinite times.

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Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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The probability of getting any number with a given set of characteristics is pretty much 0, but that doesn’t mean the number doesn’t exist once generated.

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