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Fun experiment but very easy to game by learning their predictions: https://i.imgur.com/O3EggFY.png https://i.imgur.com/O3EggFY.png (0% guessed right after 15

Fun experiment but very easy to game by learning their predictions: https://i.imgur.com/O3EggFY.png https://i.imgur.com/O3EggFY.png (0% guessed right after 15 key presses) Here's the sequence I used. I'd be interested if this works for other people too: 1: right 2: right 3: right 4: right 5: right 6: right 7: left 8: right 9: right 10: right 11: left 12: right 13: left 14: right 15: left

hnuser123456 8y ago
Yep, same, here's up to 30: RRRRRRLRRRLRLRLLRRRRLLRRLRRLRL
- laumars 8y ago
  So what I'm learning here is the key to beating this is not to be random at all! (this comment was meant in jest rather than as a criticism. I really enjoyed this site)
glitchc 8y ago
Keep going though. You’ll settle into a rhythm, guaranteed. Unless you keep track in your head or a piece of paper, this strategy starts to fail after about 100 entries. Long term average will be 50%, equivalent of a coin toss.
- 7Z7 8y ago
  Don't you only need to remember the last 5 or 6?
Hattes 8y ago
That was my experience at first as well, but I think the point (that the page doesn't really get across) is that you should start hammering on the keys rather than methodically choosing your next input each time. I did that and saw my score take a nosedive.
- laumars 8y ago
  Yeah, I do get that and I do think that site demonstrates the point it's making really effectively too. My post was just about the engineer / hacker in me having a bit of fun.
kgwgk 8y ago
There is no need to "learn" their predictions (beyond a few at the beginning; edit: and the undetermined cases, I don't know if they choose randomly or deterministically), they are very transparent on how the system works: "The program keeps a database of each possible combination of 5 presses, and two counters are stored under each entry — one is for every zero that follows the combination, and the other one is for all the ones that follow this combination. So every time you press a key, an entry in the database gets updated. To make a prediction, the program needs only to look up the entry corresponding to the last 5 presses and decide by looking at the counters which key press is more likely to follow."

hnuser123456 8y ago

Yep, same, here's up to 30: RRRRRRLRRRLRLRLLRRRRLLRRLRRLRL

laumars 8y ago
So what I'm learning here is the key to beating this is not to be random at all! (this comment was meant in jest rather than as a criticism. I really enjoyed this site)

glitchc 8y ago

Keep going though. You’ll settle into a rhythm, guaranteed. Unless you keep track in your head or a piece of paper, this strategy starts to fail after about 100 entries. Long term average will be 50%, equivalent of a coin toss.

7Z7 8y ago
Don't you only need to remember the last 5 or 6?

Hattes 8y ago

That was my experience at first as well, but I think the point (that the page doesn't really get across) is that you should start hammering on the keys rather than methodically choosing your next input each time. I did that and saw my score take a nosedive.

laumars 8y ago
Yeah, I do get that and I do think that site demonstrates the point it's making really effectively too. My post was just about the engineer / hacker in me having a bit of fun.

kgwgk 8y ago

There is no need to "learn" their predictions (beyond a few at the beginning; edit: and the undetermined cases, I don't know if they choose randomly or deterministically), they are very transparent on how the system works: "The program keeps a database of each possible combination of 5 presses, and two counters are stored under each entry — one is for every zero that follows the combination, and the other one is for all the ones that follow this combination. So every time you press a key, an entry in the database gets updated. To make a prediction, the program needs only to look up the entry corresponding to the last 5 presses and decide by looking at the counters which key press is more likely to follow."