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by gerard 8y ago
Our intuition is that random processes produce high-entropy output. Patterns carry less entropy and therefore offer less convincing evidence that the result is indeed the product of a random process if any alternative explanation or generat
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by gerard 8y ago
I've seen some dark satire on HN lately. What I see here is another neat implementation of an unconstructive idea, amusing for reflecting our flaws. We really should know better than to share or encourage sharing passwords with third p
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by gerard 9y ago
A common rule for determining whether “who” or “whom” is right is to substitute “she” for “who,” and “her” for “whom,” and see which sounds the better. Take the sentence, “He met a woman who they said was an actress.” Now if “who” is correc
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by gerard 9y ago
This also requires some assumptions: That there is no minimum stake and stakes are infinitely divisible. They're important assumptions because finding yourself near zero can easily happen on "full Kelly", especially if it&#x2
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by gerard 9y ago
A good point, in that the house is not necessarily in a nett negative-ER position due to the skilled gambler. In totalizator markets the house will always make x% of the pool. In fixed-price markets the house could face a negative position
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by gerard 9y ago
You've defined a fair game [1], one which you're just as likely to win or lose, by the same amount each time. Clearly neither side of this game has an advantage over the other, for any given coin toss. But you expect that long ter
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by gerard 9y ago
This implies that both side of the transaction will inevitibly go bust, bookmaker and gambler alike. It may be true, but it's like saying we're all going to die at some point. The expected times are long enough that it's most
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by gerard 9y ago
> NB: Even in skill-based games, the odds still always (and I mean always) favor the house. In BlackJack, card counting can reveal plays where the odds favor the gambler. In sports betting, which can be though of as a market with high co
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by gerard 9y ago
> The format of a COM file is... um, none. There is no format. This makes any small file a valid COM file as far as Windows is concerned. NTVDM doesn't care, it will happily execute your holiday snaps if given the chance. It's
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by gerard 11y ago
Not mentioned in the paper's implications section, so I'll ask, is there also a significant "bootstrapping" class of attacks on services where special access is granted to the earliest created account? Eg. Wordpress-like
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by gerard 11y ago
Having no cleartext to hand over in individual cases is one form of plausable deniability. Cleverly, it also appears to offer plausable deniability of your service's "primary purpose", since there are few conclusions that can