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= Solution

If $S_n/n$ converged almost surely to a finite <limit>, then
$$
\frac{X_n}{n}=\frac{S_n}{n}-\frac{n-1}{n}\frac{S_{n-1}}{n-1}\longrightarrow0.
$$
But $\mathbb P(X_n/n>1)=\mathbb P(X_1>n)\sim1/(\pi n)$. These independent-event probabilities have divergent sum, so the second <Borel-Cantelli lemmas> says $X_n/n>1$ infinitely often almost surely, a contradiction.

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