mumbleskates

// ported from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2140787/select-random-k-elements-from-a-list-whose-elements-have-weights

// each node in the heap has a value, weight, and totalWeight
// the totalWeight is the weight of the node plus any children
var Node = {};
var newNode = function (value, weight, totalWeight) {
  var node = Object.create(Node);
  node.value = value;
  node.weight = weight;
  node.totalWeight = totalWeight;