[thisisauserid]

You aren't suggesting that something random should be predictable, right?

[0xFF0123]

"Almost" suggests it is predictably fewer

[KTibow]

"Around" might be better

[AlecSchueler]

It suggests roughly the same amount, could be higher or lower.

[niles]

Around would do that more effectively. Almost is more similar to nearly, and I agree commonly used for lower.

[flir]

I read "almost as many" as "not quite as many". In other words, fewer.

My mental model is that an unbiased random stream of 1's and 0's should converge on 50% 1's and 50% 0's over time, not 49% 1's and 51% 0's.

Looks like it's a language ambiguity thing I'm not quite getting.

[ruune]

Over time, it should be almost 50/50, yeah. What if you got 10000001 random numbers? There's no way it's exactly 50/50 with an uneven amount. It's almost 50/50

[madeofpalk]

To converge on 50% implies 49%\51% prior. Almost even.