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

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76 points Fraterkes | 1 comments | 05 Dec 25 19:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.292s | 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. evantbyrne ◴[08 Dec 25 13:42 UTC] No.46192116[source]▶
Ah yeah of course, there is a zero case as well. I was thinking you just restart as to not bias the result. That's an interesting alternative though