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> I made a chatbot that rolled dice, and it was constantly criticized for being "broken" because four 3's would come up in a row. > These accusations would com
by doodpants 9y ago
> I made a chatbot that rolled dice, and it was constantly criticized for being "broken" because four 3's would come up in a row.
> These accusations would come up even though they (all being computer science majors) know it's possible (although unlikely) for these events to happen. They just don't trust the black box.
I am reminded of the approach that GamesByEmail.com used to address this criticism:
http://www.gamesbyemail.com/News/DiceOMatic http://www.gamesbyemail.com/News/DiceOMatic
- cdelsolar 9y agowhy was that a download?
- nfriedly 9y ago> As I promised earlier, if you donate to the site and are unhappy about the rolls, let me know and I will pull a die out of the machine, melt it flat and mail it to you, as an object lesson to the other dice. Tangible revenge. Hah! That might be the best donation "gift" I've ever heard of!