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by viknesh 943 days ago
Neat fact! I guess that's basically Martingales for life expectancy?
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Yeah, I don't think about Martingales a lot, but after reviewing the definition -- this literally is one.

In discrete time it's very simple; you just roll the dice every day, and if they come up snake eyes, Zeus smites you with a lightning bolt.