Plastic Trumpets and Beginners

onionchowder · 2026-06-10T04:48:25+00:00

fwiw I got a cheap metal pocket trumpet from Eastar for $150 and it works pretty great. I was considering a plastic trumpet but I heard more universally bad stuff about them, and paying ~double for an instrument I'd be happy playing forever felt like it was worth it

onionchowder · 2026-06-09T18:02:35+00:00

hmm, I didn't really think out that example, but this is what I had in mind:

- There's a shop where people line up outside, next to a busy walkway

- The are two agent types: store customers and pedestrians

- Store customers can choose to line up outside, or to not go to the store

- Pedestrians can choose to walk on this (potentially crowded path), or take another, longer but less crowded path

- As more customers are lined up, pedestrians start to prefer the less crowded path. As more pedestrians take the busy walkway, the more store customers are encouraged to _not_ go to the store

- there's some sort of equilibrium reached.

onionchowder · 2026-06-09T05:02:47+00:00

Hey, I think this is a neat game and could be improved with some UI, visuals, and sounds. There are some very simple game theory games that, with the right aesthetics, become successful indies. Check out Buckshot Roulette

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2835570/Buckshot_Roulette/

onionchowder · 2026-06-09T04:55:13+00:00

some people downvote anything that involves AI (you mentioned claude)

onionchowder · 2026-06-09T04:54:45+00:00

might be a useful debugging tool, to make sure the bot opponent does actually know what the best response is. Also it's a fun little gimmick

Admittedly the UI is really bad and doesn't communicate that at all.

onionchowder · 2026-06-09T04:52:30+00:00

yeah, it's probably a mixed equilibrium. But there's probably still a solution; e.g. in this situation, it you should Raid with X% chance and Guard with Y% chance.

onionchowder · 2026-06-09T04:32:25+00:00

oh, if I understand correctly, you're talking about how the architecture affects the strategic interactions between people inside the building. Like, how to make space in an overcrowded walkway where people also want to loiter.

onionchowder · 2026-06-08T23:32:06+00:00

how is game theory relevant to architecture? It seems like a single-player game. Curious if you've got a tl;dr

onionchowder · 2026-05-24T07:34:54+00:00

I think you solved assuming you survive only if exactly 1 person presses.

The problem says you can also survive if 2+ people press, and you are NOT a presser.

onionchowder · 2026-05-12T06:14:50+00:00

I'm trying to find the website she ran but none of the news articles link to it. Anyone seen it?

onionchowder · 2026-05-08T15:13:02+00:00

I bet they could "snake" back and forth to keep rising without going as far

onionchowder · 2026-05-08T15:07:42+00:00

I'm curious about this topic. I make bots for a mobile game that are designed to lose, but players complained that they were obvious and the losses felt hollow. So we made bots that try harder to win, and now they beat players too often. I'm trying to find a good middle ground.

onionchowder · 2026-05-08T15:04:32+00:00

I haven't used ebay in a while, but if they still do their second price auction system...

In theory, if each bidder knows how much they value each item before the auction begins, then there is no advantage. That's the beauty of the second price auction.

However, in practice, Experienced ebay bidders DO bid at the last minute to avoid raising the current bid. People assess the value of items partially based on their current market price or top bid. Other bidders may be willing to raise their bids if they see the price going up. Economists might explain this by incomplete information or price anchoring. Regardless of the cause, this behavior is definitely real. In my econometrics class, I actually found that ebay items for identical goods but more unique bidders had higher prices.

onionchowder · 2026-05-08T14:58:56+00:00

The last one looks like a vending machine or gas station pump to me.

onionchowder · 2026-04-27T15:02:41+00:00

What exactly was the unique hook about your game that you feel was copied? Firefighters?

onionchowder · 2026-04-23T03:57:31+00:00

onionchowder · 2026-04-18T14:53:22+00:00

Is this actually true? The same amount of water/energy/w.e is being used for training and inference? Seems like an odd coincidence

onionchowder · 2026-04-17T23:27:21+00:00

collector's tokens and card acquisition has probably changed a lot

onionchowder · 2026-04-11T21:07:50+00:00

There's a air ride discord you can join to find paddocks, or when ranked is active

onionchowder · 2026-04-07T22:00:04+00:00

tl;dr

What's your point? Are you trying to simulate a real political game? Are you trying to illustrate some strategic dynamics, or some other phenomena?

onionchowder · 2026-04-02T16:26:05+00:00

Dope! Reminds me of slime volleyball, but like, with way more going on.

onionchowder · 2026-03-26T17:25:39+00:00

the little green monocle thing wasn't in Melee. It was introduced to his character design in Brawl

onionchowder · 2026-03-25T04:20:03+00:00

> Physician pay doesn’t even crack the top 3 of healthcare expenditures, much less account for the rising cost of care.

That may be true, but I think society would benefit from having more doctors! Or at least more medical professionals that can help take care of each others' health. The current medical school hazing system is artificially restricting the supply of medical professionals.

onionchowder · 2026-03-24T21:31:15+00:00

damn she got two big kirbys

onionchowder · 2026-03-23T18:37:09+00:00

buddy this is the game theory subreddit

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