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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by jack_pp on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @05:55PM (#32668855)
How is that supposed to help? A bad run is a bad run no matter the randomizer. Also cards need to be shuffled which wastes time if done correctly
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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by ben_w on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @06:26PM (#32669142)
A deck of cards behaves the way the gambler's fallacy expects everything to behave: after enough bad luck, you're sure to get a good result.
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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by samatman on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @07:17PM (#32669599)
I've taken to calling that the gambler's fallacy fallacy: the misapprehension that a randomness can only arise in situations where the events are uncorrelated. The randomness in Tetris is another good example: when you think you're due for an I, you actually are.
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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by andrepd on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:03AM (#32674685)
Tetris actually uses two entirely different algorithms, one classic and one modern. Classic is randint(1,7), modern is shuffling "decks" of the 7 pieces and repeating.
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