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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The algorithm:

isSafe = random();

if isSafe >.5 println ("everything is fine\n");

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

per the article, it's rather better than that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I admit to having grossly oversimplified things. Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I thought that would have been obvious to everyone already.