FriarFritz

I would love to join this discussion at some point in the near future, but in the meantime, here's a link to a similar discussion that apparently happened on the CivFanatics forums: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/is-langtons-ant-deterministic-does-langtons-ant-have-free-will.214305/ The really interesting thing here is the question of whether free will and determinism are necessarily equivalent.

So, I think I figured this out. It's easiest if you think of it as dice rolls, as in "how many 365-sided dice do I need to roll so that the probability of at least one die coming up a given value is between 98-99%?" I started by trying to find the formula that tells us, "given x n-sided dice, what is the probability of at least one die coming up a given value?" Probability is (# of desired outcomes) / (# of total outcomes). Total outcomes for dice is actually really simple; it's just n^x. Desired incomes, after a bit of math, turned out to be the function D(x) = (n - 1)(D(x - 1)) + n^(x -1), where D(1) = 1. Huzzah! The formula we want turns out to be (n - 1)(D(x - 1)) + n^(x -1) / n^x. So, plug in the numbers, and we need to solve 0.98 < 364(D(x -1) + 365^(x - 1) / 365^x < 0.99 That's all for now, cos I have a class soon, but I shall return!

I'm with Truthless here. Cereal and milk should never be combined.

So, my siblings got me the Doomslug mask and t-shirt for my birthday, and they arrived today!

Hm, the link must have broken. Have another. @Doomstick 56% Chenelknoight Fedren 45% @DramaQueen 34%

I wish! TPBM has eaten grass before. Several times.

Behold, the mighty tuba mute!

Why does Vapor always get the longest wins?

Are you really?

BBC America has just dropped a few trailers for their upcoming TV series The Watch, which is allegedly inspired by Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. I took a look, and... at this point, I don't hate it with every fibre of my being, which is honestly surprising, given what I already knew of the show. (As a whole, that is. There is one thing that I utterly despise, but I'll get to that later.) Now I'll break down my reactions to individual points of the trailers. (Be warned, the spoiler boxes probably contain spoilers for the books.) Aesthetics Sam Vimes Lord Vetinari Carrot Angua Cheery Lady Sybil

I am totally down for future games, but I don't think I can join today

Yeah, but it's said all the time. He's using a different one.

When you realize that, because you grew up in a place at around 5000 ft above sea level, you can call people "airsick lowlanders."

Boyz in the Sink

Big sad One of the few events I still had to look forward to this year.

But you could be... 862

Geese, to be sure. Goosen, possibly. But I don't think I've seen any gooses around for over ten years. They might be extinct, actually.

Jethro Tull!

Imagine if this beat TLPW and TLT 848

Oh yeah, this thread. 846

Noooo, you didn't post about geese!

Is it a function of some type? Is it closely related to a function?

What is the meaning of bicycles? Do you listen to Skillet or Audio Adrenaline? What hat is the best hat? Have you ever met someone famous?