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Similar to the "simulate a fair coin from a weighted coin" algorithm:

> The number of Ping-Pong balls was chosen because there are exactly 1,001 ways that four numbers can be drawn from a set of 14. Each of those combinations is assigned to a team. [...] The 1,001st and final combination — 11, 12, 13, 14 — is unassigned; if it is drawn, the balls will be put back and drawn again.


Click through from Google for the full text: https://www.google.com/search?q=Startups+Upend+Japan’s+Famou...


No need to click through anymore. Check this out, posted a few days ago, worth reiterating.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9531941


The plugin has since been pulled from the store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wait-google-sent-m...


That link still doesn't work if you're using privacy protecting plugins.

I think I'll opt to not read the WSJ :)


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