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mvu

@markgg42 @laurenshof no no, you've misunderstood the math -- to find how many sisters you have, you have someone else do the math with the number of brothers / sisters *they* have.

Due to statistical sibling entanglement this should yield the correct number of your own sisters (within an acceptable margin of error)

24 May at 16:43 | Wall-to-wall | Open on peoplemaking.games
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FeralRobots

@mvu @markgg42 @laurenshof
...where that range of error is two orders of magnitude.😆

24 May at 17:57 | Open on mastodon.social
mvu

@FeralRobots @markgg42 @laurenshof No, the person who asked this question likely had between 679.8 and 680.2 sisters. The math checks out (assuming the other person did in fact have 5 courses, the answer is vague on that, which is a little disappointing)

24 May at 18:08 | Open on peoplemaking.games
FeralRobots

@mvu @markgg42 @laurenshof
right, but if *I* were to ask the question & the other numbers held constant, the answer would be off by 679 sisters. Though I suppose that's just "error", not a statistical margin of error - probably I should have between 678.8 and 679.2 more sisters. If so mom* was definitely hiding something.
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*I'm assuming full sisters, but maybe I shouldn't?

24 May at 18:18 | Open on mastodon.social
mvu

@FeralRobots @markgg42 @laurenshof but you would theoretically ask someone *else* about about their sibling situation to get your numbers.

For example, of you asked *me* (someone with 0 sisters, -1.49 brothers, and 5 courses) you will find that the algorithm gives the expected result!

24 May at 18:37 | Open on peoplemaking.games
FeralRobots

@mvu @markgg42 @laurenshof
ok yes that WAS obvious & well now I just feel silly.😔
(wait, what do we do with the courses again?)
mastodon.social/@FeralRobots/1

24 May at 18:43 | Open on mastodon.social
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