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Re: Manually generating a key with dice

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Rich wrote:

> Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> A six sided die provdes numerals 1 to 6.
> 
> This can also be viewed as a "base-6" numeral (0 to 5), scaled by 
> adding one.
> 
> So each dice roll produces one digit of a base-6 numeral.  If you
> want a four digit base-6 numeral, roll one die four times in a row, 
> recording each (adjusted by -1 for each roll to aquire numerals 0-5, 
> made up values below, I did not actually roll a die):
> 
> 3520 (base-6)
> 
> Then, convert to your "base of choice" (6^0 left on for symmetry, 
> parens added to make the precedence explicit below):
> 
> 3*(6^3) + 5*(6^2) + 2*(6^1) + 0*(6^0) = 840 (base 10)

Ah, ok! Now I understand. Thanks for explaining, much appreciated.

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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