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		stavros on March 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A competitor emailed me moments after I signed up ... They're presumably only open eight hours a day, so you can probably cut two thirds of that number. Also, did you consider the birthday paradox?

mikeash on March 11, 2014 [–]

I'm not sure how the birthday paradox would apply here, since we're matching up two events per person, not matching up nearby events where you're looking for pairs among multiple people.

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