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Cradle of Empires, woohoo!

One of the mechanisms in this game is that some of the time the player is rewarded for completing a lot of levels in a row. This is shown by Fennec gradually having more boosters for you. And it looks like this:

An adorable and happy little fellow.

If everything should come tumbling down: Look for me at:

• https://mastodon.world/@LiseAndreasen
• 192.0.78.12 or 192.0.78.13
• 109.235.174.5 or 217.70.33.134
• With or without https

Quite suddenly this webpage might disappear for a while. Garbage with the domain registration and a migration has come up. Sigh.

Den her hjemmeside forsvinder muligvis i en periode. Alt muligt skrammel med registreringen af domænet og en ny struktur hos udbyderen og alt muligt.

Yes, I’m on a Cradle of Empires trip right now.

I’m sometimes confused about locations of stuff. Like, I’ll have a note, that the brewery is ready to be updated. But where is it? So, I made a map.

On this map, I’ve also noted the abbreviations I use.

In my notes.

Yes, I had some negative stuff to say about Cradle of Empires. But there’s also positive points. Like, would you look at these background. That usually aren’t on the screen very long.

Apiary

Bakery

Brewery

Factory

Field

Guard

Hut

Marketplace

Pottery

Quarry

Sepat

Ship

This week the question is: Can You Win the Collaborative Card Game?

You and a friend each have a standard deck with 52 cards. You thoroughly shuffle your deck, while your friend thoroughly shuffles theirs. Then, you both draw cards one at a time. If the first card you draw is the same as the first card your friend draws, you lose! Otherwise, you draw again. If the next card you draw is the same as the next card your friend draws, you lose! Otherwise … and so on.

If the two of you can make it through your entire decks without ever drawing the same card at the same time, you both win. Otherwise, you both lose.

What is the probability that you and your friend will win this collaborative game?

Highlight to reveal solution:

I wrote a program to simulate the situation, at least with a deck with 2-9 cards. I reduce to a situation, where deck 1 is simply n numbered cards, going from 1 to n. Then I go through all the permutations of deck 2. There seems to be convergence. I guess the answer is 36.79%. I have no idea why.

Anmeldelse af “The Tinker and the Timestream” (gratis), af Carolyn Ives Gilman.

Skitse: Rustem (et arabisk navn?) bor i en landsby, som er del af en mislykket koloni. De skulle slet ikke have været på den her planet, og de skulle ikke have boet under en ustabil sol. Situationen er deprimerende, og nogle af beboerne har, host, fået fornyet interesse for overtro. Og så en aften ser Rustem, der prøver at holde liv i videnskab, et stærkt lys på himlen.

Er det science fiction? Jeps.

Temaer: Sjov med tid! Og med besøgende, der påstår, de har et lille fartøj, der kan navigere på tidsstrømmene.

Rustem har det godt med orden, så det er hårdt at vænne sig til et stykke tid at have noget andet. Og at vænne sig til en Spørgejørgine.

Er det godt? Ja. Ja, det er det egentlig. 👽👽👽

Anmeldelse af “Secondhand Music” (gratis), af Aleksandra Hill.

Skitse: Ava er i starten af en lovende karriere som violinist, eller det var hun i hvert fald, indtil hun mistede noget af den ene arm i et biluheld. Forsikringen ville ikke betale, så nu får hun den gode protese, fordi den tidligere ejers enke af sit hjertes godhed har doneret den.

Er det science fiction? Ja.

Temaer: Musik, selvfølgelig. Den tidligere ejer spillede også violin, og det bliver en kamp for Ava at holde fast i hendes egen stil.

Enken presser på. Med den slags stædighed, jeg forbinder med penge. Der er en plan, og uanset hvordan det skal gå til, så vil planen blive ført ud i livet. Hvad Ava skal spille, og hvordan, og hvornår.

Er det godt? Ja. Jeg blev fanget, nærmest med det samme. 👽👽👽