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voxl • today at 4:08 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

In this case it does. Describe any effective measure to pick a random sample from the interval and you will have cheated into choosing from the computable reals instead (of which there is a countable amount)


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fc417fc802 • today at 5:10 AM

I don't think that's correct. You're describing a limitation of our physical computing devices (or perhaps physical reality itself) as opposed to a theoretical flaw. At least as far as I can tell.

LPisGood • today at 5:47 AM

Measure 0 is different than empty.