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by chimeracoder 2979 days ago
> An infinitely long random sequence will probably hold every pattern possible (I'm not a mathematician so correct me if I'm wrong) but any structured or repeating sequence doesn't.

This is not true. Pi is probably irrational, which means we know it doesn't repeat itself. However, it is not proven to be normal, so it's a conjecture (but not fact) that it contains every finite sequence of digits at some point.
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gowld 2978 days ago
That's the worst possible typo for this conversation.

Pi is provably irrational, and probably normal!

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chimeracoder 2978 days ago
> That's the worst possible typo for this conversation.

Damn autocorrect! And it's too late to edit it, too.

Yes, that should say "provably irrational".

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