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> Do you disagree with any of the following statements, and if yes, where and why? Okay. I usually expect people to locate the errors in their own thinking, bu
by lutusp 12y ago
> Do you disagree with any of the following statements, and if yes, where and why?
Okay. I usually expect people to locate the errors in their own thinking, but in this case, I'll make an exception. Here's one of the suggestions: "multiply the last digit by the number of children and divide by ten". Let's see how this works out:
n n * 7 / 10
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0 0
1 0
2 1
3 2
4 2
5 3
6 4
7 4
8 5
9 6
The OP could have tested his suggestion before posting. I certainly would have.
I'm going to avoid your straw men, with this exception:
> you argue that the non-uniformness of your solution is not relevant in practice
I never said that. I said that the error could be minimized. But consider my test of the the alternative listed above. The error inherent with a relatively small number of children and a relatively large original number, say, 0 - 59, is a smaller error than the proposed alternative.
- TeMPOraL 12y ago> I'm going to avoid your straw men Hey, I asked you three simple questions with pretty much boolean answers, in order to try and clarify where exactly you end up disagreeing with everyone. Please be charitable. > Here's one of the suggestions: "multiply the last digit by the number of children and divide by ten". Hey, that one was clearly meant as a joke, and is not the suggestion I was referring to. If something is a strawman here, this is. The one I asked about is the "My parents used the last digit on a stopwatch to decide which of the kids got to pick the radio station in the car and similarly trivial decisions. (If 0-9 couldn't be divided evenly among the kids present, leftover digits would result in a re-roll.)". In light of that, could you provide the answers?
- kaoD 12y agoI've been waiting for his answer impatiently. He's been active on other threads but completely ignored your post. Says a lot.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoWell, what can one do :(. Anyway, I must say I found the technique I used above quite effective at figuring out continous disagreements. You state some simple true/false statements describing your assumptions and ask the other party to agree/disagree and explain the points of disagreement. Apply recursively if needed. Kind of a discussion equivalent of git bisect ;).