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That just serializes the problem, maybe the philosophers could just atomically take a slice, but what if its half pinapple and naturally no one likes pinapple a
by nwmcsween 7y ago
That just serializes the problem, maybe the philosophers could just atomically take a slice, but what if its half pinapple and naturally no one likes pinapple and there arent enough slices?
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoReminds me of mathematical methods for fairly dividing cake, eg https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2015/12/22/how-to-split-a-cake-fairly-using-math-game-theory-tuesdays/ https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2015/12/22/how-to-split-a... (though I don't think that's the method I'm recalling).