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Retra
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Don't Start Big, Start a Little Snowball
You can sort a deck of cards by shuffling it if you have enough time.
barrkel
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However, if you move randomly around a discrete 3D space, you only have a ~34% of returning to your starting point, even if you keep moving forever. The more dimensions, the lower the chances that infinite randomness reaches any given point.
bbcbasic
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Your not trying to sort though. You are trying to optimise.
Retra
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For how long?
bbcbasic
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Until IPO or acquihire
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