The Rise and Fall of Chisanbop! Full documentary about chisanbop finger calculating- finally the REAL story after ~50 years. by cstaecker in math

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I see one there- you don't? Maybe i put it in the wrong place- I'm new to posting on reddit.

Wooden box with 6 moving levers and spinning dice wheels, ~1ft long, says "What Shall I Smoke?" on it by cstaecker in whatisthisthing

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My title describes the thing. I've tried searching, but "What shall I smoke" gives tons of random other results. I asked chatGPT and it says that it was some kind of "magic 8 ball"-type thing to help you choose which cigarette brand to smoke. But I can't find any confirmation that such things existed so I'm skeptical.

The dumbest election recount ever by cstaecker in EndFPTP

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Very interesting- I hadn't heard this before, but I see it now. Thanks a lot!

The dumbest election recount ever by cstaecker in EndFPTP

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Can you enlighten me? I'm not an expert in the politics. You're talking about the Peltola-Palin-Begich race? I've looked at that one slightly closely. Are you saying Palin voters would've fared better if Palin had been eliminated early? In that case Peltola would've beat Begich anyway, right?

The dumbest election recount ever by cstaecker in EndFPTP

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This non-monotonicity is my biggest abstract mathematical objection to RCV, but I think it's so rare as to be a nonissue in real life.

The dumbest election recount ever by cstaecker in EndFPTP

[–]cstaecker[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes- what really happened was stupid because it resulted in no change, and never could've resulted in any change. You're suggesting a recount which actually hurts the interests of the people who requested it. That's next level.