I walked along an empty path
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
Is this the Earth, beneath my feet?
Sat by the river and it made me complete.
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I’m getting old and I need something to rely on
And if you have a minute, why don’t we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don’t we go somewhere only we know?
I don’t think sitting and suffering (the english way) is to be applauded either, and since we have tentative control of our democracy, I’m not sure what other meaningful options we have
you don’t see that as an avenue for more and more orgs to do this by default, and given the lack of public spaces in our cities, essentially making it impossible to beg anywhere?
At least where I live, you’ll be hard pressed to find a spot in the city where a homeless person can sleep unnacosted, either by spikes being put down on flat surfaces, parks being closed at night, and benches that aren’t on a main road.
Well it sounds like your desktop is pretty scalable - no matter how many monitors - so that’s pretty good.
And hah yeah, it might be worth investing in a badge that reads “Hi, I’m an IT specialist, this all normal” and pinning it on your shirt before you enter customs
Everyone tosses three coins, and posts it in the chat
If a player tosses three of the same, they have to toss again.
Everyone chooses the mode coin from their neighbour, and adds it to their stack
Each player, with 3+N coins, picks the mode coin in their own collection.
Ideally: the player’s own bias, is outweighed by the other player’s biases.
The final coin is the mode of all players coins.
spoilerfrom numpy import median from pprint import pprint players = {“p1” : [1,0,1], ## playing fair “p2” : [0,0,1], ## cheating “p3” : [1,1,0], ## cheating “p4” : [1,1,0], ## cheating “p5” : [0,0,1]} ## playing fair print(“Initial rolls:”) pprint(players) get_mode_coin = lambda x: int(median(x)) get_all_mode_coins = lambda x: [get_mode_coin(y) for y in x] for play in players: ## Players add the mode coin from their neigbours players[play] = players[play] + get_all_mode_coins(players.values()) print(“First picks:”) pprint(players) for play in players: ## Players collapse their collections to mode players[play] = [get_mode_coin(players[play])] print(“Last modes:”, players) print(“Final choice:”, get_mode_coin([x for x in players.values()]))
Which as you can see, is no better than simply picking the median coin from the initial rolls. I thank you for wasting your time.
spoilerfrom numpy import median from random import choice from pprint import pprint # Functions get_mode_coin = lambda x: int(median(x)) def pick(player, wants): for neighbor in players: if player != neighbor: neighbor_purse = players[neighbor][“purse”] if wants: if wants in neighbor_purse: # Cheat players[play][“purse”] = players[play][“purse”] + [wants] continue players[play][“purse”] = players[play][“purse”] + [choice(neighbor_purse)] # Main players = {“p1” : {“purse”: [1,0,1], “wants”: False}, ## playing fair “p2” : {“purse”: [0,0,1], “wants”: 0}, ## cheating “p3” : {“purse”: [1,1,0], “wants”: 1}, ## cheating “p4” : {“purse”: [1,1,0], “wants”: 0}, ## cheating “p5” : {“purse”: [0,0,1], “wants”: False}} ## playing fair for play in players: ## Players pick a desired coin from each of their neighbours pick(play, players[play][“wants”]) print(“First picks:”) pprint(players) for play in players: ## Players collapse their collections to mode players[play] = [get_mode_coin(players[play][“purse”])] print(“Last modes:”, players) print(“Final choice:”, get_mode_coin([x for x in players.values()]))
I’m just imagining a Usual Suspects type reveal where JarJar straightens his slouch, combs back his ears, looks Obi-Wan dead in the eye, and says: “You’re in quite the pickle now, old chap.”
There’s an addendum to the theory where essentially you keep walking through worlds forever, quantum erasure style, never dying from your perspective, merely getting older and older.
Thing is, if this was actually true, we would see old people everywhere (as observers of their non-erasure).
If the free market had any real competitors, the problem would genuinely solve itself in favor of the consumer. We see this with any new tech where a bunch of new firms try to win customers by any means necessary in those first few years.
The problem as always is: where are the competitors after X years, and are these “competitors” actually competing anymore?
The solution as always is: regulate. Ensure competition. Ensure cartels aren’t price fixing. But no one wants to hear that
I don’t know about much diversity is celebrated in Australia. I have cousins who grew up in NSW and eventually migrated to the UK, which they said had a marketed improvement in how they were treated. (N=2)
I go to my uncle’s house, and ask him “how long have you had <point>?” and if he says, “oh this old thing? I’ve had it since before you were-” then I ignore it.
This Place No Longer Exists (lemmy.ca)
In the ten years since I took this photo the trail has been abandoned and the tree has rotted away.
"Nuisance begging" and rough sleeping soon to be frowned upon (lemmy.ml)
[Resolved] Is anybody else having issues with DuckDuckGo and StartPage? (slrpnk.net)
screenshot of searching “test” in start page that doesn’t return any results...
Responsive Design Go Brrrr (sh.itjust.works)
Is it possible for devices on an online group chat to toss a coin without trusting each other and the server?
What is the most unhinged conspiracy theory?
So if I'm having a conversation, and the other person is wiping their nose a lot, does that mean they think THEIR nose is dirty, or that they're trying to tell me MY nose is dirty?
The market will for sure solve this (slrpnk.net)
What's your method for determining quality reviews on a product?
I’ve officially concluded I’m at a loss for how to determine if a product is worth it’s cost anymore....