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TL;DR - This is not splitting the bill, but rather a gamble of paying the entire bill with a probability equal to your share of it.
by brokentone 14y ago
TL;DR - This is not splitting the bill, but rather a gamble of paying the entire bill with a probability equal to your share of it.
- dreeves 14y agoQuite right! But I think the cool thing from a mathematical/nerd perspective is that you can have everyone pay with that probability (splitting the bill stochastically) without figuring out what those probabilities are. Ie, without figuring out what everyone ordered.
- alttab 14y agoSo the guy who orders more expensive items or more items pays for the whole bill more often then that? Sorry joe, you owe me for your entree whether or not I had 2 beers