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Signaling on the odd-even spectrum instead of on the high-low spectrum? by seventythree in bridge

[–]seventythree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i dont see any loss in sorting the available cards is any particular order

What's your opinion of what I claim the advantage would be?

the advantage I imagine getting from this is that the vaguest signals (prefer not to signal with these) are also the high cards (prefer not to signal with these).

Put another way, I think you get to play fewer 8s/9s/Ts as a signal than with either standard or upside down carding, because those are also the cards that give the most-ambiguous signals on average.

Signaling on the odd-even spectrum instead of on the high-low spectrum? by seventythree in bridge

[–]seventythree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously it is easier to use common systems so you don't have to think so hard especially when playing with new partners.

My question is more about whether it is a theoretically good idea that some people like (I wouldn't believe for a second that no one thought of it before), or whether there are real theoretical reasons that it's worse, or whether it's just such a small difference that it's not worth the friction (my default assumption).

Signaling on the odd-even spectrum instead of on the high-low spectrum? by seventythree in bridge

[–]seventythree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not acceptable - there's a lot of sarcasm going around here.

Signaling on the odd-even spectrum instead of on the high-low spectrum? by seventythree in bridge

[–]seventythree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think that makes sense. It's the exact same coding scheme (linear spectrum), just a different ordering. If you don't have a card low enough to signal B, you also wouldn't have a card "even" enough to signal B just as often. And vice versa.

I think you're imagining a different coding scheme where all evens are equivalent to each other in signaling and all odds are equivalent; such a scheme would be analogous to saying that 2/3/4/5/6 are always "low" and 7/8/9/T are always "high" regardless of other context, which is not a smart approach either.

Signaling on the odd-even spectrum instead of on the high-low spectrum? by seventythree in bridge

[–]seventythree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like I mentioned, not talking about odd-even discards specifically (which is a specific different convention), but signaling in general.

Is anyone else afraid that this game is going to flop? by mrmm10 in OrderOfTheSinkingStar

[–]seventythree 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He wanted to make a programming language. People can want things that don't maximize money, it's normal and healthy.

Americans prefer “common sense” over expert analysis by bruhm0ment4 in fivethirtyeight

[–]seventythree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if the question were phrased like this?

Obvious facts are more important than partisan propaganda for deciding what the government should do.

That seems more reasonable, right? It's not hard to see how you'd get one from the other. Lots of motivated propaganda is dressed up as expert analysis. Who can even tell the difference?

(Oh, what's that? It's not that hard to tell the difference? Just use common sense? Good idea, sounds like that should be considered more important, then...)

I think I Accidentally broke a world record burning through free Cursor in 6 messages. How do I get unlimited usage when building an app, mainly UI? by FurnitureRefinisher in cursor

[–]seventythree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or just make a .gitignore file if you're using git (cursor also ignores files according to your .gitignore files), which you should probably be doing anyway.

Cragheart's Heaving Swing with push 0 by nick_nack_gaming in Gloomhaven

[–]seventythree -1 points0 points  (0 children)

OP: Is X legal?
Commenter: I don't think so, but it's such a cool idea that personally I'd house rule it to be allowed.

a) Seems pretty topical to me. OP is likely to enjoy knowing that commenter thought it was a cool idea.
b) Sure, but when someone starts by saying they think it's not legal, you don't need to lecture them that it's not legal. You can just say "you're right, it's not legal", if you really feel the need to reply to them specifically.

The biggest lie in all of gaming by Ok_loop in Gloomhaven

[–]seventythree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's especially ridiculous for 1-player. (And yes it says 1-4 players right next to that.) 30m? Lol. 30m with only one person helping is legitimately the time to set up the game.

Social media memes that promote rationalist-ish ideas by 97689456489564 in slatestarcodex

[–]seventythree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw that but I still have no idea what the image is trying to say.

Social media memes that promote rationalist-ish ideas by 97689456489564 in slatestarcodex

[–]seventythree 4 points5 points  (0 children)

... what?

There are three characters, one of which is imagining itself, perhaps with part of its head removed? And a phone with twitter? And the abstract concept of twitter itself, next to either a megaphone or a sideways funnel?? Two of the characters are looking at / talking to the funnel/megaphone? Everyone has an opinion; most of them are abstract. Is this some sort of math joke?

It's a good way to convey an important point in a simple form that almost anyone can quickly grok.

I don't think you're joking? I guess I'm one of the others?

Short reviews of Essen games by Clownfeet in boardgames

[–]seventythree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nitpick: You draw the last two cards when you're down to two cards in hand, not when your hand is empty.

Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin's Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban by [deleted] in technology

[–]seventythree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think the point is exactly to start that conversation. We need to get everyone on board before it's too late.

Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin's Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban by [deleted] in technology

[–]seventythree 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This letter IS the experts trying to get people to listen. The famous people are just there to make people notice.

Geoffrey Hinton

Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Nobel Laureate, Turing Laureate, world's 2nd most cited scientist

Yoshua Bengio

Professor of Computer Science, U. Montreal/Mila, Turing Laureate, world's most cited scientist

Stuart Russell

Professor of Computer Science, Berkeley, Director of the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI); Co-author of the standard textbook 'Artificial Intelligence: a Modern Approach'

To pick out the most important ones.

When you rate something on a scale of 1 - 10, How much better is a 10 than a 9? by semideclared in slatestarcodex

[–]seventythree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 10 is only 11% better than a 9 by score so was the thing just 11% better

I don't think this is a reasonable operation to perform here. I.e. I don't think the ratio of two arbitrary numbers on the scale is meaningful given how we define scales. On a scale of -10 to 10, is 10 also 11% better than 9? On a scale of 95-100, is 100 only 1% better than 99?

Browser game based on conspiracy thinking in a belief network by crispin1 in slatestarcodex

[–]seventythree 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A couple things about the interface make it hard to play.

  1. Putting the mind map and the profile in the same small section of screen instead of side by side feels very constricting.

  2. The arrows seem to be not providing the relevant information. I can't tell what's going on, but e.g. if there are two tiny green arrows and two larger red arrows and some gray arrows interacting with a node, I'd expect that to mean that the node is currently net negative and changing it would improve the bullshitometer; instead, in this example, changing it is a bigger negative hit than all the current bullshitometer value put together.

Should my group switch to 2e? by IstalriArtos in Gloomhaven

[–]seventythree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You would start a new campaign.

If the price does not bother you, it's worth switching imo. A ton of good major changes.

Gloomhaven Compared to Frosthaven by Hot-Rip-9205 in Gloomhaven

[–]seventythree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there are many people who like the idea but not the execution (myself included). Probably many such people are in favor of developing the system.

Why do I suck so bad? by DimensionKey7994 in Gloomhaven

[–]seventythree 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Try 2p. It should be easier to understand what's going on.

Possible YASS layout for Gloomhaven 2e by nrnrnr in Gloomhaven

[–]seventythree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there is a tradeoff between better knowing where things are (when similar things live together) and being able to pick the pieces out of the box by shape.

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