Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Apple Is Becoming Dependent On Linux, Too Date: 7 Apr 2026 19:24:38 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <10qui03$1m4ih$1@dont-email.me> <10quqe1$1ogt4$1@dont-email.me> <10qvuu1$h33f$1@news1.tnib.de> <10r00n2$214vj$2@dont-email.me> <10r1ab6$2du2f$1@dont-email.me> <10r1tp3$2idsi$1@dont-email.me> <10r35gj$2tdsg$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zSwZ3DaCEo+ewYZY4j1dnwKYTOLQt3eOHhtxqpfmjYpD0EpJfc Cancel-Lock: sha1:7revnidV7qeVRHtAACrMOuupajM= sha256:QsHpXER9G4obWC04iVOzoDox6LcxqaC2z50X9jigqVE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85509 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:144314 On Tue, 7 Apr 2026 07:48:50 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > Klondike has a version with 3 cards turned at time which was used in > gambling halls where you paid for the shuffled deck and the man to watch > you not cheat. I played it an awful lot in my apartment before computers > came into my life and wore the pips off some of the cards. Now I play > it without the complications of three cards at a time. And know very > well what rotten odds you get for that $50 deck. I used to play the 3-card variant with real cards. I like the ego-boost of winning every now and then so I now use single cards with unlimited cycles. That changes the strategy. If I have a black queen showing I bypass a black king hoping to find a red one further down. If not, I can use the black one on the next cycle. That gives me about a 33% win. In operant conditioning a variable ratio schedule of reinforcement leads to the most persistent behavior aka 'this time I'm going to win'