₦airaland Forum

Heh. If they don't get any help, they'll lose half their country to the Tuareg..

Nothing is free. Where is the money coming from? What part of the budget?

All of these awoof sort of gestures..

Dede1: Unity is the key factor among developing countries. The main ingredient that sustains unity is lacking in Nigeria. Nigeria’s diversity is the bane of its socio-politico-economic growth.

QFT.

And not just developing countries. Countries period. Organizations period. From a sports team all the way up to a nation.

I understand that this isn't particularly serious. However, I personally think that I'm:

a) too young
b) not versed enough in Yoruba language and culture

for any sort of leadership role like this.

Moreover, it doesn't quite match my temperament..I prefer being free to say what I want without inhibition rather than play politics.

I've always viewed myself better suited for a behind-the-scenes, strategic sort of role rather than the actual visible leader.

How can one increase prosperity by reducing the number of people you can interact with? You want as many options as possible, not less..

He raises a lot of good points.

I drove ~1200 miles once

If on the game show, you are told that the rules of the game correspond to this problem setup and there are N doors, your success rate if you switch is (N-1)/N.

If a computer is given the rules of this game, it should be programmed to switch too.

Unless you decide to change the rules or change the problem setup in some way, the then optimal strategy remains the same. Whether human, computer, alien, etc.

This is basically like a coin flipping problem. If you know the probably that the coin will come up heads is 2/3 and you win when it comes up heads, then you bet head every time. Unless the problem setup changes, my optimal strategy is the same, independent of anything else.

Why don't you simply explain your argument succinctly and clearly? I have no clue what it is, to be honest. I don't see the connection between that graph and anything having to do with human vs. computer.

This figure, right?

[IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/mvn23s.png[/IMG]

A plot of 4 curves. 2 theoretical (one the function 1/N, the other (N-1)/N), and two from simulations. The two simulated curves sit nearly exactly on top of the theoretical curves.

So again, I don't see the connection between this plot and your argument..

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What changes? The strategy doesn't depend on a computer or not.

The plot which you referenced is a monte carlo simulation of what is effectively coinflipping...basically showing that a coin which has N-1/N probability of coming up heads, when you flip it 100k times it will in fact have nearly that fraction of heads.

I don't see the connection is between it and what you are saying..

yeah i usually brush before i go to sleep. unless too tired/lazy...

Given that many Igbo are in the SS, why can't you just be happy for them and this economic summit?

Na wa o

So much bad belle

So if you aren't invited to the party but your cousin/brother is, you must hope that it is unsuccessful?

muyoto: all those who eat first, especially sugary or starchy foods (usually bread, tea, fried eggs, etc), before brushing are just wasting their toothpaste. its like having a bath before playing in the mud.

I don't get your analogy. Isn't eating first, then brushing like playing in mud first, then bathing?

The optimal strategy can be played by a human or computer. Yes, for some problems there are probably limitations on what a human can do. But this isn't one of those problems. A human being can do just as well as a computer can. In both cases, they win (N-1)/N fraction of the time.

There is no connection between that plot and the problem being solved differently by a computer, changing who opens the door, etc.

A lot of companies these days ask puzzle questions. And I guess by "these days", I should probably say since at least 2000.

He is correct that people who can solve puzzles are bright enough to figure out how to design webapps.

The puzzle folk can learn python to write webapps for cash. But the money has to be high enough, otherwise there is no incentive (since there are other profitable things you can do with your time if you are a good programmer.)

What is "computational statistics"? I mean that is a pretty broad term, and could mean lots of things.

Anyway, more importantly, what does that plot you reference have to do with human sentiment, door chooser with human factor, etc?

Hehe

Is this the 60s?

Let us join hands together and sing anti-colonialism, liberation songs.

Any chance we could have ignore lists? Put someone on an ignore list and their posts are hidden from you?

what is investing for the masses?

what is investing for the house of windsor?

Is the former beneficial, and the latter detrimental?

yep. inside job

Rudy G is well connected, neocon or not.

Who cares about his politics, so long as he knows people who have money and are interested in investing..

Hehe

Conspiracy theory ko, constipated theory ni

alj harem: I think I would start saying my own as well maybe they would learn to state facts rather than lies

In general, I don't understand why you guys let yourself be baited so easily.

It would be as if someone said you have two mothers or something. Clearly a lie, something impossible. Would you get yourself in a seething rage debunking what is obviously wrong?

Don't let yourself get trolled, basically..

I like this growing trend of regionalism. It is a good development.

DK, calm down.

Anyone can say what he wants on a forum...if they like they can say up is down.

But that won't change reality.

Interesting. Rudy G is a pretty big name.

Also, obviously...Ilaje are Yoruba.

That is self-evident..

For me, I have to use so much toothpaste if I brush my teeth w/o eating food. And then my mouth doesn't quite feel fresh.

So if I brush first, i have to do:

Brush->Eat->Brush again

Versus just doing:
Eat->Brush

I don't understand what any of this has to do with computing.

The graph shows that if you simulate 100k random games, you'll get a win probability almost indistinguishable from the true win probability (n-1)/n.

The analysis is correct regardless of computing, human sentiment, etc. It has nothing to do with those things, it is pretty much just probability theory stuff.