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A uniform distribution on all algorithms, that is a uniform distribution on all binary strings. Intuitively we can compute probability ratios for any two algorithms given evidence since the identical prior probability cancels in that ratio.
But, as you say, the problem is that there is actually no uniform distribution with countable support. At best, we can circumvent the problem by computing the probability ratios which is almost as good.
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