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Re: Manually generating a key with dice

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Chax Plore wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My suggestion, which is probably "information-theoretically correct"
> is to simply base-convert the "base 6" sequence of dice digits to
> base required (base 10 or base 26 or any other base) and then delete
> the first sign of result (which will be biased, because first sign of
> output base - the "zero" of given base - will never appear on first
> place).
> 
> It is easy to adapt this arbitrary base converter to "dice base" of 
> digits 1-6 and then get all output bases needed:
> 
> https://github.com/zamicol/BaseConverter

Hi thanks for your suggestion! 

I must admit I do not fully understand, language barrier, but will
translate your steps and see how it works, i.e. if the procedure is
to time consuming; compared to my wooden tiles procedure, or any
other solution, which may come up here.

Regards
Stefan
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Manually generating a key with dice Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-03 19:38 +0100
  Re: Manually generating a key with dice Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-03-03 19:55 +0100
    Re: Manually generating a key with dice Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-03 20:42 +0100
      Re: Manually generating a key with dice Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-03-03 19:54 +0000
        Re: Manually generating a key with dice Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-03 21:40 +0100
          Re: Manually generating a key with dice Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-03-04 21:45 +0000
            Re: Manually generating a key with dice Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-05 10:31 +0100
  Re: Manually generating a key with dice Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-03-03 19:57 +0000
    Re: Manually generating a key with dice Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-03 21:47 +0100
  Re: Manually generating a key with dice "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-03-03 13:56 -0800
    Re: Manually generating a key with dice Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-04 17:41 +0100
      Re: Manually generating a key with dice Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-03-04 20:48 +0000
        Re: Manually generating a key with dice Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-03-05 10:34 +0100
        Re: Manually generating a key with dice "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-03-21 19:16 -0700

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