Round 14.

Soatok Dreamseeker

Round 15

That was so close!

Alright, Fedi. We're getting closer. Which range represents your favorite number.

(If we ever get a perfect tie, the answer is NaN.)

Edan Osborne 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸

@soatok Are we seriously not going for 73‽ The perfect number‽

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@soatok @gsuberland @f4grx the cost parameter on that thing goes all the way up to 99, if you wanna hash until the sun burns out

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@soatok @gsuberland @f4grx If Soatok doesn't continue this until we've hit the limit of double precision floating point, I will be disappointed.

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@soatok @gsuberland @f4grx I do not believe any was promised an integer

{Insert Pasta Pun}

@ryanc @soatok @gsuberland @f4grx noooooo

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@EdanOsborne @soatok 28 is a perfect number

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@zenfin @gsuberland @f4grx @soatok I see exactly what you're doing there.

Luna Rood

@ryanc @soatok @gsuberland @f4grx If Soatok were to change his mind on the set [1], I'd be utterly disappointed, considering that the poll framing fundamentally requires restricting the space to integers, as I alluded to [2].

Under the given conditions, a sudden change to reals, or another larger set, would effectively invalidate the entire prior search.

I maintain that mathematical rigour is paramount in such consequential endeavours!

[1] https://furry.engineer/@soatok/113794042080702966
[2] https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@lunarood/113789357645694281

Soatok Dreamseeker

@lunarood @ryanc @gsuberland @f4grx Yeah I'm not continuing this particular series into the floats

Soatok Dreamseeker

Round 16

(Had to repost it to keep it in the thread. Sorry about that!)

The last round was 201 to 199.

Another!

Luna Rood

@soatok @ryanc @gsuberland @f4grx I am very glad you are maintaining the scientific rigour of your research!

Of course, I would have preferred if you had preregistered your methodology prior to commencing data gathering, but I don't think this omission completely invalidates the validity and significance of this research

(Ok, I'm done with the bit. I just had to get it out of my system )

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@lunarood @soatok @gsuberland @f4grx fine, I'll do floats

Soatok Dreamseeker

Round 17

Only a few more to go.

Soatok Dreamseeker

Round 18

We're almost there.

Mudlark :blobfoxfloofevil:

@soatok oh no, please don’t tell me now that all the funny numbers and most personal actual favourite numbers are gone that people are just gonna vote for 1

Soatok Dreamseeker

Round 19

The penultimate round.

Advanced Persistent Teapot

@soatok there are -far- too many people talking this seriously

Laxystem

@Mudlark @soatok it's gonna be 7. That's how people work.

{Insert Pasta Pun}

@http_error_418 @soatok peak interest was 617 people

(not sure how many are unique across polls without access to it)