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Unfair Coin Flip
RE: Unfair Coin Flip
(September 29, 2017 at 4:52 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: cheaters never prosper

But they do get elected.
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RE: Unfair Coin Flip
@ Tibs

I'm legitimately sorry for being such a pain in the ass. I don't mean to be like that. Really. I missed that particular definition of simulation and I got super hung up on the fact it felt like cheating and I have this obsession with equivocation.

I don't mean to be like this and get into this state. I do know what a simulation is though... even if I did have a brainfart (before shoving a stick up where the brainfart came from) and I wasn't really opening my mind enough to more scientifically relevant definitions like it being a working model that achieves the same purpose of an actual fair coin, etc. There isn't any shame in me being wrong, yes. But there is shame in me being such a dickhead, and I'm sorry. I wish I wasn't like this. I've been trying to stop getting a bee in my bonnet about something and not being able to 'let go' for the last few years now. And I've been trying with no success. Which is why I find it so frustrating when I'm simply told to 'let it go'. If only it were that easy for me.

Apologies for being an annoyance and for being ridiculous. I also didn't mean to spoil the atmosphere of your thread.

I'm also sorry if I annoyed you Poca. Although I'm sure you're used to me by now (including me at my worst Undecided).

This is an interesting problem. I wish I was better at math(/s). The most interesting fact with regards to the solution for me is how the best way to simulate the flip is to eliminate specifically H/H and T/T sequences. My inuition says that the reason why that works is because then you're only left with H/T and T/H sequences which is what a standard fair coin flip averages out as. And I do think the solution is even more interesting than the problem once I get the stick out of my ass. I don't know why I couldn't do it sooner. Calling multiple flips with certain flips discounted a simulated flip just felt 100% like cheating. But if I could just get over that and look at how interesting the solution is. It's the solution that's especially interesting. And much more interesting than the problem. At least for me.
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RE: Unfair Coin Flip
eh

You are still flipping the coin. It's fine.
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RE: Unfair Coin Flip
I am still waiting for someone to explain to me why flipping livestock is not a viable option. There was a time before coins and paper money.
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