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"Die" rolling :)

Open sunne opened this issue 10 years ago • 2 comments

Chapter 07, I'd rather not "die" rolling ^_^

Also a bit later:

It's pretty remarkable that the approximation works so well with so few rolls of the die. So, if you're stranded on an island, and need to simulate a standard normal without a computer, but you do have a die, you can get a pretty good approximation with 10 rolls even.

Please tell me that wasn't your intention! :D

sunne avatar Mar 03 '15 09:03 sunne

Die is actually a correct singular form of dice, although uncommon in modern usage.

Many books (and my outdated English as a second language education) use it. I think I've seen both forms (die and dice as singular), but I suppose it could cause confusion in native speakers. Anyway, just chipping in :)

odeleongt avatar Mar 03 '15 10:03 odeleongt

Oh, I had no idea, sorry! I'm another one with english as a second language :) I thought it was some kind of auto-correcting hell, because you used dice before... Cheers!

sunne avatar Mar 03 '15 10:03 sunne