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sysprog1 replied to the thread Do old CRT and O-scopes degrade to emit harmful X Rays?.No, It means that they're made with enough lead in the glass to ensure that instead of passing x-rays, they block them. Yes, 40% is... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Help me build my server with a laptop that has a broken screen.I think Linux Mint is a good choice for those machine specs ##-## it's built from ubuntu and other debian with stability and backward... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Help me build my server with a laptop that has a broken screen.That machine has VGA and HDMI ports, whereby to connect to an external monitor ##-## if the port isn't damaged, it should become active... -
sysprog1 reacted to Ibix's post in the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem with
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I notice that if Alice is playing the game and has got as far as Monty opening a door when Bob walks in, Bob would have 50/50 odds on... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.I think that this is an entertaining explanation for people who already understand that the game favors switchers over stickers, 2/3 to... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.It's not 50%. Among car-door pickers (1/3 of contestants), all stickers win, all switchers lose; Among goat-door pickers (2/3 of... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.What's behind each door does not change, and the collective chance of the non-selected doors (that's (n-1)/n, in the case of 100 doors... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.if there are 100 doors, then you have only 1% chance of having picked the car door when you are offered the option to switch, and if you... -
sysprog1 reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem with
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That's a good way to look at it. Your original door still has 1/3 chance of winning. That leaves 1-1/3 = 2/3 chance and only one door... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.If you didn't pick the prize door, switching wins; if switching loses; you picked the prize door: ~prize-door ##\rightarrow## (switch... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.Right ##-## if you always switch, then whenever you first pick the prize door (1/3 of the turns), you lose (by switching from the... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.Monty doesn't open the door with the car, and he doesn't open the contestant's selected door. So he always opens a non-car non-selected... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.After the random 1 in 3 car placement and the random 1 in 3 contestant door selection the code need check no further than whether the... -
sysprog1 replied to the thread Likable AI Christmas Art.It seems to me incongruous and disrespectful that she capitalizes on the commercial cachet of non-secular Christmas carols with explicit...