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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The exact probability is something more like 2*10^-921. Given that it would take around 9 gogol (9*10^926) years of constantly popping popcorns until that happens. Should we try?

[–] kameecoding 5 points 9 months ago
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 5 points 9 months ago

Should we try?

Absolutely. You can feed all the unsuccessful attempts to the Shakespeare-typing monkeys.