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A two-person method to simulate die rolls (2023)

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76 points Fraterkes | 4 comments | 05 Dec 25 19:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
1. AnotherGoodName ◴[07 Dec 25 21:37 UTC] No.46185409[source]▶
A + B mod n seems much easier than this.
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2. BoiledCabbage ◴[07 Dec 25 21:38 UTC] No.46185422[source]▶
Yup
3. tomsmeding ◴[07 Dec 25 21:39 UTC] No.46185434[source]▶
The method proposed is just A - B mod n. The two are entirely equivalent.
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4. AnotherGoodName ◴[07 Dec 25 21:44 UTC] No.46185485[source]▶
A few extra steps to essentially manually do the mod part tbh. Would take their 20 line program to a 1 liner.