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# https://twitter.com/rvcx/status/813081772288278528
# http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/build-your-own-death-star-and-defeat-the-stormtroopers/

from math import sqrt
from random import random

def simulate(n, k, base_rate):
    while n:
        # each storm trooper shoots
        for i in range(n):

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import random

def simulate(num_players):
  players = { i : [] for i in range(num_players) }
  tags = 0
  while len(players) > 1:
    tags += 1
    (tagger, taggee) = random.sample(players.keys(), 2)

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2 1.0
3 3.018
4 7.078
5 15.953
6 30.996
7 64.136
8 136.031
9 254.142
10 492.412
11 1027.277

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def simulate(strategies, turns):
  pot = 1.0
  players = [ [s, 0] for s in strategies ]
  for i in range(turns):
    p = random.choice(players)
    if p[0] > pot:
      pot = 1.0
    else:
      p[1] += p[0]
      pot -= p[0]

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Simulator for https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/who-steals-the-most-in-a-town-full-of-thieves/

import random
import statistics

def simulate(k):
  assets = [100 for i in range(k)]
  for robber in range(k):

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import random

def simulate(needed, win_pct=0.6):
  losses, wins = 0, 0
  while True:
    if random.random() < win_pct:
      wins += 1
    else:
      losses +=1
    if wins > needed:

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import sys
import random

def simulate(accuracy, goal):
  i, streak = 0, 0
  while streak < goal:
    i += 1

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import sys
import random
from operator import add

def simulate(dwarves):
  beds = set(range(1, dwarves))
  beds.remove(random.sample(beds, 1)[0])

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import sys

def main():
  for pop in range(101):
    for v1 in range(pop + 1):
      v2 = pop - v1
      if v1 // 10 == v2 % 10 and v1 % 10 == v2 // 10: