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bombela 52 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your i...

less work is always cheaper. no matter what.

sltkr 52 days ago [–]

It's not _strictly_ less work though: reservoir sampling requires generating many more random numbers. As usual, it's a tradeoff.

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