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    1. Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant May 9

      Kids wanted to play snakes and ladders in the car but had no d6. Finn's solution: play 6 rounds of rock-paper-scissors, use the number of times he wins as his roll. I loved this so much I didn't even give him a hard time for the non-uniform distribution and the off-by-one support

      2 replies 3 retweets 115 likes
    2. Peter Seibel‏ @peterseibel May 9
      Replying to @avibryant

      Seems a more efficient procedure is to treat the three outcomes (win, lose, draw) as base three digits (0, 1, 2). Play one game to get the least significant digit and then play again to get the most significant digit, ignoring and replaying if you draw. #nerdsniped

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant May 9
      Replying to @peterseibel

      That way's also uniform, I think. I'll teach it to him for next time.

      8:24 PM - 9 May 2018
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        2. Peter Seibel‏ @peterseibel May 9
          Replying to @avibryant

          Pretty sure it is. Surely you didn't think I’d try to foist some incorrect but efficient solution off on your kid!

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant May 9
          Replying to @peterseibel

          I'd never accuse a lisper of sacrificing anything else in the name of efficiency.

          1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
        4. Peter Seibel‏ @peterseibel May 9
          Replying to @avibryant

          We don’t have to. We have compiler macros.

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        5. Steven Klaiber Noble‏ @snoble May 9
          Replying to @peterseibel @avibryant

          Or use a game of odds and evens for the most significant digit. Uniform in bounded time.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Peter Seibel‏ @peterseibel May 9
          Replying to @snoble @avibryant

          Oh! Better yet! Each kids shoots 0 to 5 fingers at random. Die roll is 1 + (sum of hands % 6). Boom. Uniform and works for any number of kids.

          1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        7. David Ascher  🤔‏ @davidascher May 9
          Replying to @peterseibel @snoble @avibryant

          I’ll be you $100 it won’t be uniform especially for some ages but even for adults. But sure, probably uniform enough for that use case. Just don’t make crypto with it. :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        8. Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant May 9
          Replying to @davidascher @peterseibel @snoble

          It just becomes part of the game, though. I can exploit your non-uniformity.

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        9. Steven Klaiber Noble‏ @snoble May 9
          Replying to @avibryant @davidascher @peterseibel

          Did... did this just make snakes and ladders a game of skill? Does this ultimately end with an AI tournament?

          0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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