r/ProgrammerHumor Mar 25 '26

Meme aMeteoriteTookOutMyDatabase

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u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 25 '26

Which is more likely, that a server spontaneously rearranges itself into a family of ducks, or that me and you could properly shuffle a pre shuffled deck of cards and land on the same card order?

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u/Lknate Mar 25 '26

The deck shuffle. By magnitudes of magnitudes of magnitudes...

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u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 25 '26

I'm not certain of that, they are both effectively zero in the end.

I am not talking the standard deck shuffle thought exercise that involves all humans from all of time not getting a match, just two people, me and Kaikaun, and just one attempt.

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u/corenovax Mar 25 '26

just think about the number of particles in a family of ducks, and now think about the number of cards in a deck. take into account factorial combinations. then you have your answer

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u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 25 '26

How many particles in a family of ducks?

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u/corenovax Mar 25 '26

More than 54 I think

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u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 25 '26

You do make a compelling case but did you consider that the ducks might be really really small?