alt Hacker NewsNo, the events are independent. If you have a UUID collide, your chance of winning the lottery if you enter it is exactly the same as it was before the UUID collision.
No, the events are independent. If you have a UUID collide, your chance of winning the lottery if you enter it is exactly the same as it was before the UUID collision.
> If you have a UUID collide, your chance of winning the lottery is exactly the same as it was before the UUID collision.
True, but only if you were already going to play the lottery anyway.
If you don't normally play the lottery and the UUID collision combined with superstition is what enticed you to play, then the UUID collision will have raised your chances of winning the lottery from 0% to slightly higher than 0%.