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Cake day: June 10th, 2023
  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't?
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    5 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).

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•non vegan pizza time
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    10 days 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!

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•non vegan pizza time
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    10 days 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.

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•In our post-AI era, is job security strictly mythical? Or How to believe in careers as a concept worth doing?
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    1 month ago

    What is life but a lottery?

    A lot of the drive towards AI is people thinking to save a quick buck, but longer term that places them in a very unsteady position themselves.

    All products end up being for “shareholder value”, and AI will be no different. Someone will find an enshittification vector and run with it.

    Suddenly, that “quick buck” becomes a monthly subscription that costs more than the people fired. Company data is harvested and sold, customers are advertised out, the shittiness of the system becomes a company problem.

    So we’re either going to see a stark change away from the current shareholder value model (about as likely as world peace), or we’re going to see a lot of CEO seppuku. Win win really.