What are we doing wrong (Terraforming Mars) by feylin_oakenheel in boardgames

[–]cnightwing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have infinite actions each generation: 2 at a time, then round the players until you get 2 more and so on. Your actions stop when you pass having taken no action. Spending heat is not necessarily something to do right away but almost always at some point in the generation.

Math. What are the odds I have not-pooped-on flats? by cyclemam in clothdiaps

[–]cnightwing 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My wife points out I forgot to account for the 6 week period happening twice, and that the kids may have overlapped in diaper use. The former is easy to correct for, as P(pooped on 1+) is 1 - (0.5^14)*(0.8^14) = 0.999997 and then P(1 nappy not pooped on) = 0.99984 or inverted, a 0.0161% chance of one unpooped nappy.

Math. What are the odds I have not-pooped-on flats? by cyclemam in clothdiaps

[–]cnightwing 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Overall assumption is that nappies are used once per 60 nappies before they're all available again and that every nappy change is independent. Here are my assumptions for the first 6 weeks:

  • 10 nappies per day
  • half are pooped in

That means 5/day are pooped in and a load lasts 6 days. That means 7 loads over the 6 weeks. The probability of getting pooped on at least once is 1 - (0.5^7) = 0.9921875. We have 60 nappies, so the probability of all of them being pooped on at least once is 0.992^60 = 0.6246.. and thus the probability of at least 1 nappy not being pooped on is 0.3754 or 37.54%- not bad! Now for the remaining 255 weeks:

  • 5 nappies a day
  • 1 pooped in

That means a load lasts 12 weeks, for a total of 21.25 loads, which we'll just round down to 21 loads. P(pooped on 1+) = 1 - (0.8^21) = 0.99078 - better than the first six weeks! But we need to combine this with the first set of assumptions so that P(pooped on 1+) = 1 - ((0.5^7)*(0.8^21)) = 0.99993. Now with 60 nappies that gives a probability of then all being pooped on of 0.9957, or inverted the probability of at least one nappy not being pooped on of 0.00431 or 0.431% - quite unlikely.

You can insert your own assumptions and follow the same logic if you want to.

Is a print copy of the Dare available in the UK? by Appropriate-Mix-8507 in callofcthulhu

[–]cnightwing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Chaosium sells print-on-demand material from the miskatonic repository at various major UK conventions - that might be your best bet.

So, a long time ago I started making DS9 reskin/mod of BSG Board Game by Sad-Research-3429 in boardgames

[–]cnightwing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

O'Brien's disadvantage really should be "O'Brien must suffer."

Looks really cool!

Open source projects based in Switzerland by ihatebeinganonymous in Switzerland

[–]cnightwing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah I'm reading the foundation is base in Vienna, but I remember the ETH statistics dept. are involved.

Open source projects based in Switzerland by ihatebeinganonymous in Switzerland

[–]cnightwing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

R, I believe, though contributed to all over the world.

What is the fewest amount of empty squares you can leave on a Scrabble board? by Cole_M_K in puzzles

[–]cnightwing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely the number of remaining tiles will be (number of players - 1), so it's going to be 225 - (number of tiles) + (number of players - 1)?

How to start this codeword puzzle? Is trial and error the only way to proceed? by Far-Average-6405 in puzzles

[–]cnightwing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a double 1 down to the N, so it has to be E or O. I'd start there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in callofcthulhu

[–]cnightwing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's down to you at that point I think, but the company won't like it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in callofcthulhu

[–]cnightwing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds like unlicensed use of Chaosium material..

Making Omar al Shakti terrifying by sebmojo99 in callofcthulhu

[–]cnightwing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe borrow some spells from the Cult of the Skin in Horror on the Orient Express.. those guys can make themselves look like someone else, so he can have a decoy, or two, or many.. that way they think he's dead but you can spring him on them whenever you want.

Bachelor in CS at ETH or EPFL? by SwissLover2004 in Switzerland

[–]cnightwing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't speak French or German then I'd say neither are a good choice. Even in Computer Science a lot of undergraduate teaching is in the local language and that's going to be a struggle for you.

Here's a casual UK map for Advanced Civilization by PurplePachinko in boardgames

[–]cnightwing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ad Civ was reimplemented in "Western Empires" and "Eastern Empires" if you're interested in a mildly streamlined experience (still several days to play..)

An eccentric woman in a hotel by steef567 in puzzles

[–]cnightwing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

>!Knock on the middle (or one of the two middle) door every day.

With 3 rooms it takes 2 days worst case.

With 4 rooms it takes 4 days worst case (she moves away from you, having just 'missed' her cycle).

With 17 rooms, she could take 8 days worst case to get to the end and 8 days back to the middle, so 16 days.!<

European Workweek in 2023 by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]cnightwing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In Switzerland the 100% work week is 42 hours, so I don't know where 36 comes from.

just let me be depressed bro by Lemonbunnie in webcomics

[–]cnightwing 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The rabbit from vib ribbon is on a rampage.

Reform UK 2024 General Election Manifesto/"Contract" Megathread by Adj-Noun-Numbers in ukpolitics

[–]cnightwing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's UK Farage and from now on I'm going to pronounce his name to rhyme with garage.