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Prunestand OP t1_j40ulxm wrote
They use the midpoint (50%) as an estimator. This is just the expected cost.
elrugmunchero t1_j40v5iz wrote
I know, just a scary thought, roughly about the odds of me existing.
Actually, thinking about it, there's more entropy in my DNA than your password, and we've not even got to the Earth existing, yet here I am.
postdusk t1_j43j1k4 wrote
More information is more entropy. A novel has more entropy than a haiku. You are a password that took 13.7 billion years to crack. Expensive there you are.
Kargathia t1_j42iiij wrote
And because somebody inevitably has to: https://xkcd.com/538/
SirOxington t1_j3zyv2l wrote
This is an outstanding article.
OkCartographer3640 t1_j46yzxn wrote
funny to play around with!
elrugmunchero t1_j40q9bv wrote
There's a non-zero probability that they get it on the first try.