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Incredible stochastic algorithm, gets more reliable the larger your input, incredibly fast, trivial to implement and deterministic on its inputs (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 16 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

that's the joke, since most numbers aren't prime, this function is technically highly accurate despite being completely useless.