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I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the d120 which AFAICT is the largest fair dice that you can just go out and buy. Sadly it's a smidge under 7 bits, but y
by pacaro 4y ago
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the d120 which AFAICT is the largest fair dice that you can just go out and buy. Sadly it's a smidge under 7 bits, but you can "reasonably" roll up 32 bits of entropy with a mere 6 rolls (and still have 9 bits left over)
https://www.wired.com/2016/05/mathematical-challenge-of-designing-the-worlds-most-complex-120-sided-dice/ https://www.wired.com/2016/05/mathematical-challenge-of-desi...
- krallja 4y agoRight - also, what’s wrong with flipping a fair coin sixteen times? Or a D16 four times?