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Eternal Struggle

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675 points yurivish | 2 comments | 31 Aug 25 19:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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MrJohz ◴[31 Aug 25 20:26 UTC] No.45086773[source]▶
The cool thing about this is that it's self-balancing - if either side gets larger than the other due to random chance, the ball in that side will have more space to bounce in, and therefore bounce less often, slowing its growth. Meanwhile, the ball in the smaller side will bounce more often in its smaller space, making up the ground.
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Animats ◴[31 Aug 25 22:00 UTC] No.45087495[source]▶
It's amazing how stable it is. It's been running in a background tab for a hour now, and it still has the yin/yang look.
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1. poopsmithe ◴[01 Sep 25 03:24 UTC] No.45089170[source]▶
Yeah, definitely run it in the foreground. Mine became completely black in about 3 hours.
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2. Animats ◴[01 Sep 25 17:26 UTC] No.45094705[source]▶
Me too. Does black always win? If so, why?