BleakBluets comments on I have no skin in this game

[–] BleakBluets@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

Flipping a coin two times and reading the result as binary gang. (Don't actually do this, coins aren't as fair)

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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They're only off by about 1% and the bias depends on which side was up, it's not that bad. I wouldn't expect most inexpensive dice to be substantially fairer than that.

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[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Would spinning the coin get rid of that bias?

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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I have not read any stats on coin spinning, so I don't know!

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[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

I suppose it's basically flipping turned 90 degrees, so it might still be affected but which face is forward when being spun.

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