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jiocrag
on Oct 12, 2021
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A variable signal at heart of the Milky Way
Dyson sphere.
goatlover
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Dyson swarm.
awb
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The pattern probably wouldn’t be random then.
dkarp
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Maybe it's still under construction
lugged
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Maybe it's Morse code
ddalex
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Maybe it's Maybelline
typon
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"Random" is a very loaded word. If you were looking at some arbitrary nth digit of pi it would look random to you as well.
hasmanean
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Some people will describe any non-periodic signal as random.
mcculley
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Compressed or encrypted data should also look random.
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