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I'm a little surprised such rudimentary math made it to the front page of Hacker News (at #2 even). Maybe it's time to pick a FP language and make posts about i
by SlyShy 16y ago
I'm a little surprised such rudimentary math made it to the front page of Hacker News (at #2 even). Maybe it's time to pick a FP language and make posts about it all day, to scare some people away?
- jmtame 16y agoi went into it thinking the game used an algorithm of some type and i was surprised to find how simple it was. definitely not complex, mostly simple arithmetic.
- Read_the_Genes 16y agoI agree, this math is terrible. Just. Terrible. Please no one believe this post, it uses dubious statistics.
- jmtame 16y agoit depends on your assumptions. i updated some of the numbers, but if you have suggestions definitely feel free to add a comment.
- Read_the_Genes 16y agoSorry to be so harsh, but this analysis is really lacking. If you want to learn more about how to hedge bets, read about things like moment theory or the Kelly criterion. Also, taking a measure like variance would be much more meaningful than just the spread of the payoff.