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Feb 20, 2022 at 10:59pm
So far all that’s been shown is how bias could happen if the pigeon hole principle was relevant rather than providing any evidence that it actually does happen, for whatever reason, even without a reason.
Feb 20, 2022 at 11:12pm
For those sick to death of pigeons and who haven’t heard it before.
Never play chess with a pigeon. It knocks over all the pieces, shits all over the board, then struts around like it won.
Never play chess with a pigeon. It knocks over all the pieces, shits all over the board, then struts around like it won.
Feb 20, 2022 at 11:48pm
No, it has been shown that:
• the pigeonhole principle is relevant
• what does happen
• other factors contributing to bias
What has also been shown is someone is upset that someone else disagrees with him on the interwebs (https://xkcd.com/386/), a strange fixation on whether pigeons and their holes are topical, and that we can anthropomorphize the behavior of random pigeons in chess games.
Sorry, but I’m just not interested in going the rounds this time. Bye.
@lastchance
I misread your post. I see that you are essentially shifting the bits, which is correct. Sorry about that. I know math is something you are passionate about (and better at than I).
For those of you who don’t have their angry wig on, here’s a cute picture someone drew of a duck:
https://blenderartists.org/t/white-duck/1362981/1
• the pigeonhole principle is relevant
• what does happen
• other factors contributing to bias
What has also been shown is someone is upset that someone else disagrees with him on the interwebs (https://xkcd.com/386/), a strange fixation on whether pigeons and their holes are topical, and that we can anthropomorphize the behavior of random pigeons in chess games.
Sorry, but I’m just not interested in going the rounds this time. Bye.
@lastchance
I misread your post. I see that you are essentially shifting the bits, which is correct. Sorry about that. I know math is something you are passionate about (and better at than I).
For those of you who don’t have their angry wig on, here’s a cute picture someone drew of a duck:
https://blenderartists.org/t/white-duck/1362981/1
Feb 20, 2022 at 11:55pm
For Babylon 5 fans there is Commander Sinclair's duck:
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/ftp/Pictures/Misc/starship.gif
It was originally a euphemism ("Sinclair's d*ck") in message boards that gave life to some art.
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/ftp/Pictures/Misc/starship.gif
It was originally a euphemism ("Sinclair's d*ck") in message boards that gave life to some art.
Feb 20, 2022 at 11:57pm
Bye, bye. (Don't forget to wipe your behind, we'll put the pieces back.)
Feb 21, 2022 at 12:13am
I flipped a coin once and got a head. There are supposed to be 2 full pigeon holes and one is empty. Better get another coin if I want anything like a uniform distribution of outcomes.
Mar 4, 2022 at 3:16pm
Interestingly while mucking around with VS, doing some testing with <random> and the random engines, I noticed that using std::default_random_engine actually uses std::mt19937.
std::default_random_engine is "implementation defined," mt19937 is supposedly the best of the pre-defined engines.
I guess I won't feel so bad about using std::default_random_engine instead of using a specific pre-defined engine in my code. :)
std::default_random_engine is "implementation defined," mt19937 is supposedly the best of the pre-defined engines.
I guess I won't feel so bad about using std::default_random_engine instead of using a specific pre-defined engine in my code. :)
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