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Every time I take a can of soda from the fridge, I replace it with two. I exhort my colleagues to do the same. However we have yet to reach my goal of 2^64 cans

Every time I take a can of soda from the fridge, I replace it with two. I exhort my colleagues to do the same. However we have yet to reach my goal of 2^64 cans which makes me suspect there are some bad apples.

dusted 4y ago
I think you need to replace it with more than two if you want to achieve 2^64, probably, at least, replace it with "as many as are left + 1" each time, then start with 3 and you'll have a chance :D but you'll run outta cash first I'm afraid xD
Markoff 4y ago
That doesn't make sense, if everyone done it you would run out of fridge capacity within few hours, why not take one, replace one?
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  “Whoever fills the fridge needs to buy a new fridge”
- hk__2 4y ago
  > That doesn't make sense, if everyone done it you would run out of fridge capacity within few hours, why not take one, replace one? It makes sense because not everyone does it.
- afandian 4y ago
  I think it was unspoken in the GP's comment that you would have to acquire an exponential number of fridges too. Maybe this is the solution to the empty office space problem?
  - donw 4y ago
    Maybe this is why Amazon recommends refrigerators for like six months after you buy one.
- nokya 4y ago
  I think the general idea is that you should contribute twice the drinks you consume because not everyone will always play by the rules and this will not necessarily be a bad apple. I can easily imagine myself drinking from that fridge for days, then one day bring back three 6-packs into the fridge because I saw an offer and carrying them to work would not be an issue because "I'll go with my car next week". Something alike :)
brnt 4y ago
Self sacrifice by emptying the fridge of soda might be someone who cares deeply about his colleagues' health.
- afarrell 4y ago
  And who believes that his colleagues’ health is their responsibility to the point of trying to change the culture.
GistNoesis 4y ago
I don't get it. Although it may seems like it is an exponential process, when following this rule, the number of cans currently in the fridge is just the total number ever consumed. This process is limited by people soda consumption.
- bitshiftfaced 4y ago
  *twice the total consumed. If you count up all cans at the start of the day, and if you drink them all, then at the end of the day, you have 2x. If you start with one, then after a year you have 2^364.
  - GistNoesis 4y ago
    If you start with k cans in the fridge, you take one there is now k-1 cans in the fridge, you add back two, according to the rule, there are now k+1 can in the fridge. You and your colleagues repeat this process n times, n being the number of total cans drank. At the end of the repeating n times there are k+n cans in the fridge, and n cans in the garbage bin.
    - bitshiftfaced 4y ago
      If you look at it that way, then the daily growth is only linear when the daily n is constant. When the daily n = number of cans to start with that day, then the daily growth is 2^n.

dusted 4y ago

I think you need to replace it with more than two if you want to achieve 2^64, probably, at least, replace it with "as many as are left + 1" each time, then start with 3 and you'll have a chance :D but you'll run outta cash first I'm afraid xD

Markoff 4y ago

That doesn't make sense, if everyone done it you would run out of fridge capacity within few hours, why not take one, replace one?

quickthrower2 4y ago
“Whoever fills the fridge needs to buy a new fridge”
hk__2 4y ago
> That doesn't make sense, if everyone done it you would run out of fridge capacity within few hours, why not take one, replace one? It makes sense because not everyone does it.
afandian 4y ago
I think it was unspoken in the GP's comment that you would have to acquire an exponential number of fridges too. Maybe this is the solution to the empty office space problem?
- donw 4y ago
  Maybe this is why Amazon recommends refrigerators for like six months after you buy one.
nokya 4y ago
I think the general idea is that you should contribute twice the drinks you consume because not everyone will always play by the rules and this will not necessarily be a bad apple. I can easily imagine myself drinking from that fridge for days, then one day bring back three 6-packs into the fridge because I saw an offer and carrying them to work would not be an issue because "I'll go with my car next week". Something alike :)

brnt 4y ago

Self sacrifice by emptying the fridge of soda might be someone who cares deeply about his colleagues' health.

afarrell 4y ago
And who believes that his colleagues’ health is their responsibility to the point of trying to change the culture.

GistNoesis 4y ago

I don't get it. Although it may seems like it is an exponential process, when following this rule, the number of cans currently in the fridge is just the total number ever consumed. This process is limited by people soda consumption.

bitshiftfaced 4y ago
*twice the total consumed. If you count up all cans at the start of the day, and if you drink them all, then at the end of the day, you have 2x. If you start with one, then after a year you have 2^364.
- GistNoesis 4y ago
  If you start with k cans in the fridge, you take one there is now k-1 cans in the fridge, you add back two, according to the rule, there are now k+1 can in the fridge. You and your colleagues repeat this process n times, n being the number of total cans drank. At the end of the repeating n times there are k+n cans in the fridge, and n cans in the garbage bin.
  - bitshiftfaced 4y ago
    If you look at it that way, then the daily growth is only linear when the daily n is constant. When the daily n = number of cans to start with that day, then the daily growth is 2^n.