[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Extra fact - in the USA almost all games use long weighted reels.

I believe this is by law, but may be misinformed.

Also, if you know the rng gen you can game machines: a very very clever group in Russia bought up old machines from defunct casinos, reverse engineered the games, and then developed an app that let a user photograph x number of spins to find out what the seed was for the next spin, and from there told them to bet high or low based on the upcoming game. They made millions, and farmed it out to make more. (https://www.wired.com/2017/02/russians-engineer-brilliant-slot-machine-cheat-casinos-no-fix/)

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Never really worked with them (we never made them).

I think they're lower prize threshold cat Bs.

[-] [email protected] 80 points 3 days ago

In the UK, slot machines fall into 4 main categories. Of particular interest are category C machines, as these can remember a fixed number of previous games. I.e. the "myth" that a machine is "about to pay out" because "someone lost a lot to it" can hold for these games.

Cat A and B machines are completely random, previous games can have no impact on probabilities of winning (though pots can climb).

Online games have different rules, not always fair ones!

Oh, and ALL games (in a physical location) must (by law) show "RTP" (return to player) somewhere. It usually gets stuck it in a block of text in the manual since no-one reads them. (If it's below 97.3% just go play roulette as it offers better returns).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Im4YAMWK74

Relevant follow-up (videos explore Korean gender politics and hierarchical society).

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You definitely have a point; informing and evangelising are closer than we'd like to admit. Then again, the messenger is often as important as the message - in the case of the vegan debate too many folks choose the moral option rather than the pragmatic one.

As a species, we find it hard to empathise with the death of our own at massive scales, why would we be capable of doing it for organisms we were brought up to consider food?

However, almost all of us are on a massively reduced budget, it'd be a shame if folks shared delicious recipes that can be made cheaply and just so happen to be vegan right?

The next best thing for a non-vegan to do isn't to switch right away, it's to start finding vegan things you enjoy more than meat!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Sorry to hear that, I hope things start looking up in the future.

Happy trails!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

To enjoy life as a vegan?

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago

The best thing for a vegan to do is to keep being a vegan. Seriously, just keep on doing it.

It doesn't mean evangelise, it doesn't mean denigrate, it means just carry on doing what works for you.

If you're insulting other folks, or trying to push a lifestyle, odds are folks don't dislike you because you're vegan.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

The thought process of every middle manager I've ever worked under.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no! Your neighbour will really be upset now...

What they meant us your lawn has less than the regulation number of dandelions. Quick, go gather seeds and start replanting!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hah, jokes on them, my university is too poor to afford copilot.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hello fellow bear, I don't know why we're talking about women either. Since we're both fellow confused bears can you please direct me to the nearest top secret bear club, where we bears meet to eat berries and drink fermented honey while laughing at beaver related memes?

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