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Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds (phys.org)
submitted 6 days ago by VantaBrandon to c/technology
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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago (12 children)

... the probability of the monkeys replicating even a single page of Shakespeare is unfathomably small.

But not zero.

[–] CeeBee_Eh 3 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Basically nothing is ever truly zero

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I am.

[–] CeeBee_Eh 2 points 5 days ago

Hello "Zero"!

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