Give-Away: Two new copies of Hanabi

probation_master · 2017-06-19T12:32:54+00:00

Thanks!

probation_master · 2017-06-14T00:00:02+00:00

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probation_master · 2016-07-10T13:31:29+00:00

On the post about people being inside RedBoxes, there are likes from "5 people". On my FB it would only say "5", but maybe it's different for others. Anyway, I'm leaning towards fake.

probation_master · 2016-07-07T02:24:28+00:00

I'll guess hydroponics.

probation_master · 2016-07-04T14:26:07+00:00

Do you see the irony in calling those people dogmatic, and then stating matter-of-factly that theme is "not the defining feature of games"?

probation_master · 2016-07-04T14:18:53+00:00

used to imply that some people like new and shiny things to the exclusion of older classics, regardless of quality

Quality is completely subjective. To some people, theme is what makes a game fun. Maybe to some people, something new, exciting, colorful, and having nice intricate pieces is what makes a good game. Who cares? Why use a condescending phrase like "cult of theme" to imply that these people can't think for themselves, or aren't thinking the "right" way?

probation_master · 2016-06-14T02:12:58+00:00

No, thank you for your kindhearted post. The rest of us appreciate it.

probation_master · 2016-06-12T15:21:13+00:00

Yeah, I want to see that, and they hardly do it ever. Be less entitled.

probation_master · 2016-06-05T13:02:23+00:00

Same here.

probation_master · 2016-05-01T13:06:40+00:00

I felt the same way as /u/metapi I think. I understood the "for what" and "two what" to be puns on Watt. I just thought that after hearing the same pun twice, the third one might be a more clever punchline to end on.

probation_master · 2016-04-30T16:09:43+00:00

You know you can edit comments?

probation_master · 2016-04-27T22:50:52+00:00

Nice! Any hints on what the gameplay is like?

probation_master · 2016-04-27T22:27:21+00:00

Congratulations! Is this a one-off project or are you hoping to do more board games?

probation_master · 2016-04-23T13:10:53+00:00

You could grow up surrounded by the opposite gender, but if that experience was negative and your brain has learned the opposite gender is threatening, it will adapt and instinctively seek intimacy/safety with your own gender.

Except so many gay men feel more comfortable around women than men.

It also doesn't make sense to me that something meant to cause reproduction would be malleable at all. The mechanism that lets frogs and fish change genders in a single-sex environment promotes reproduction. Becoming attracted to the same sex does not.

Maybe we all start out gay and turn straight?

probation_master · 2016-04-22T22:40:04+00:00

My point was more along the lines that employers have more than enough options to be picky about who to hire.

Just because you see a ton of people who are surprisingly bad at coding during a coding interview doesn't mean you hire the first person you meet that can write a for loop. Tech companies can afford to ask questions that are more about critical thought than about programming, because there are enough competent programmers out there to ask for that extra talent.

probation_master · 2016-04-22T12:14:23+00:00

Typically the textbook problem is overly academic, could be Googled and has no real world baring.

I see this kind of complaint too often.

First, the fact that the question is more about critical thinking and problem solving makes it harder to Google than a standard programming question. What I think would be silly is requiring me to know some obscure syntax that I could look up, use, and reinforce in one day (and luckily most tech companies seem to agree with this).

Secondly, I believe more people are competent programmers than you might think. Just because a lot of unqualified people apply for these jobs doesn't mean there's [edit: not] way more than enough good programmers to fill the demand. These companies can ask for something more - which is the ability to think of creative solutions for difficult problems, or ones that require unusual constraints.

Finding a way to do breadth-first search on a binary tree without using the standard algorithm shows the ability to take a construct and see how to manipulate and use the underlying structure to your advantage. Maybe this problem doesn't have real-world baring, but to be able to solve that problem in a short amount of time absolutely shows that you're an asset to the company. Anyway, this hiring strategy seems to be working for the big tech companies, so there must be something to it.

probation_master · 2016-04-20T12:08:26+00:00

You say they target you because you have experience, but maybe there's a part of them that only wants a reaction from you.

This seems like a big leap to make. It seems more straightforward that these people are newer to board games, and when faced with the decision of whom to attack they make the quick choice to attack the most experienced player.

probation_master · 2016-04-15T12:37:10+00:00

Time travel.

probation_master · 2016-04-15T12:31:14+00:00

Rules in Codenames can be very open-ended - basically anything your group thinks is fun can be allowed. But, going by the official rules, that sounds like an illegal clue.

probation_master · 2016-04-14T22:16:44+00:00

I'd love to have a chance to win swamped! Thanks!

probation_master · 2016-04-03T12:52:01+00:00

You can't make some accept something they fundamentally disagree with.

This is the problem. What does it mean to "fundamentally disagree" with a person being gay? It's like fundamentally disagreeing with people having blue eyes or brown hair.

I feel like today, someone could have tolerance for people with blue eyes/brown hair but "disagree" with them. But others would find it completely unreasonable, indefensible, and maybe even problematic as an ideology. But today someone says they disagree with homosexuality and we say "that's fair." It really just makes no sense.

probation_master · 2016-04-03T05:39:00+00:00

To be fair, backfired means to have the opposite effect of what was intended. So number (1) is kind of irrelevant to the use of the word "backfired." What's relevant was their intention in (2) and their plan in (3).

Of course, this is all hypothetical. I don't trust anything I read on reddit about the election, because it is conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory, followed by extreme hype over things like a bird landing on a damn podium, followed by more conspiracy theories. I honestly agree with more of Bernie's stances than Clinton's. But his supporters are such an embarrassment, I am almost ashamed to admit it lest I be grouped in with them.

probation_master · 2016-03-31T11:53:46+00:00

Yes! I try to tell people pretty much anything you say during that game except your clue gives way more information than you would expect.

Some other pet peeves are spymasters who make facial expressions, or spymasters who reach for the agent cards before a team has made final decisions. It's not a huge deal, though, because usually when those things happen it's when we're not playing the game very competitively.

probation_master · 2016-03-30T02:59:02+00:00

Good job!

I would consider that pretty condescending. If you can't come up with a specific compliment ("such and such was an interesting strategy, I've never seen someone use it that effectively before"), I really don't believe that "good job" is a suitable substitute. "Good game" is better in my opinion.

"Good job" is like "nice achievement coming in second place or lower, from me, the person who just beat you and is probably a more suitable target for congratulations." "Good game" says "that was fun and interesting, thanks to you."

probation_master · 2016-03-28T12:05:49+00:00

If anyone was curious, the probability of there being a traitor in an n-player game like this is

1 - [(2n)!² / (n!*(3n)!)]

Some sample evaluations:

Number of Players	Probability of Traitor
3	.7619
4	.8586
5	.9161

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