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

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76 points Fraterkes | 2 comments | 05 Dec 25 19:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.404s | source
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evantbyrne ◴[08 Dec 25 00:25 UTC] No.46186915[source]▶
If you have a coin: Heads and tails represent bits. Flip a coin three times and add up the result to emulate a six-sided dice roll. e.g., heads, heads, tails = 3. If you get 7, then try again.
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nrhrjrjrjtntbt ◴[08 Dec 25 01:00 UTC] No.46187139[source]▶
If you get all heads or all tails then use the last toss as part of your next set of 3.

E.g. HHHHT -> HHT -> 6

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1. daiwt ◴[08 Dec 25 02:57 UTC] No.46187821[source]▶
That will make HHH always 6 and TTT always 1
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2. nrhrjrjrjtntbt ◴[08 Dec 25 03:33 UTC] No.46187993[source]▶
HHH becomes H

Then depending on the next 2 throws

HH -> keep going

HT -> 6

TH -> 5

TT -> 4

For TTT similar with K,1,2,3