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Doesn't hurt as bad as a d4

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  • ? Guest
    The picture is of a d4. Dice are measured counting the flats (and therefore possible number of different results) not mathematically defined "sides".
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    No, dN means there are N different outcomes. Does not matter if they are flat or anything. Cube with two of each number from 1 to 3 is a d3.
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      No, dN means there are N different outcomes. Does not matter if they are flat or anything. Cube with two of each number from 1 to 3 is a d3.
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      stovetop@lemmy.world
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      This has 4 possible faces it can land on, though. It's a D6 with two sides rounded to make them impossible to land on.
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      • A archpawn@lemmy.world
        It has two sides. They're curved, and it doesn't stay on the curve part, so you can effectively use it as a d4, but it's still only two-sided. Sort of like how you can flip a Mobius strip like a coin and it will land one of two ways, but it still only has one side.
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        It has 2 surfaces. It has 4 or 6 sides it can rest on IMHO. I'd need to play with it to find out.
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        • ? Guest
          Agreed, but also weird as aren't d4 made from 4 triangles?
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          Fuck caltrop d4s, all my homies hate caltrop d4s (it's me, I'm all the homies)
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            a two sided die is called a coin
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            The edge of a coin is a 3rd side though
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              The edge of a coin is a 3rd side though
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              every other die has sides that aren't counted if you're doing that.
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                every other die has sides that aren't counted if you're doing that.
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                festnt@sh.itjust.works
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                dice are just flattened spheres. they only have one weirdly shaped side
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                  dice are just flattened spheres. they only have one weirdly shaped side
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                  joeffect@lemmy.world
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                  A side in this case is a specific area that allows for differentiating outcomes
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                    A standard US nickel, yes. I prefer better odds than that… [Thick Nickels](https://thick-coins.net/)
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                    threelonmusketeers
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                    This website looks like it was made in 1999, but it documents a project from this year. I love it. It loaded nearly instantly on my phone.
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                    • S stovetop@lemmy.world
                      This has 4 possible faces it can land on, though. It's a D6 with two sides rounded to make them impossible to land on.
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                      It has two outcomes, hence is a d2
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                      • T threelonmusketeers
                        This website looks like it was made in 1999, but it documents a project from this year. I love it. It loaded nearly instantly on my phone.
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                        I love his commitment to the bit. True dedication
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                          It has two outcomes, hence is a d2
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                          Thanks, not sure why my comment is not showing as deleted to you. I deleted it just after posting after realizing I misread what the previous post was saying.
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                            That extremely rare, almost-never chance of landing on the edge is exactly what I would program into a game if I made one, instead of exactly 50% odds.
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                            I brought this up in maths class once. The teacher agreed that the edge was a possibility and since he was involved in football, they used to flip the coin and let it land on the ground. More than once it stuck in the mud in the edge. Then told us to ignore that possibility.
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                              dice are just flattened spheres. they only have one weirdly shaped side
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                              the flattening is what makes them not spheres and have sides. If we applied this "logic" then literally everything is just anything but in a different form - which makes no sense
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                                https://youtu.be/b6S5gHjuN48
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                                  A side in this case is a specific area that allows for differentiating outcomes
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                                  A die can land and stand on a corner if you do it precisely enough.
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                                    It has 2 surfaces. It has 4 or 6 sides it can rest on IMHO. I'd need to play with it to find out.
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                                    There are 4 stable orientations and 2 unstable equilibria
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                                      This is correct. It's a d4 that's just as cleanly a d4 as a regular d4 with rounded corners. Both have parts that don't belong to the sides, since there's no defined outcome where the dice comes to rest on one of the rounded non-side parts.
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                                        The edge of a coin is a 3rd side though
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                                        An ideal coin is perfectly flat.
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                                          A die can land and stand on a corner if you do it precisely enough.
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                                          joeffect@lemmy.world
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                                          It needs a designation, why is said what i said. You don't call side on a coin flip because your only choices are heads or tails
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