sundries

Assorted little morsels for your enjoyment

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 1At any point, the probability I eat a chocolate of the same type is m/n +
 2(n-m)/n*m/n, where m is the number of chocolates of the current type and n is
 3the total number of chocolates. This means that either we pick the chocolate
 4the first time or we don't and then we pick it the second time.
 5
 6For the non-current type, the probability is ((n-m)m/n)^2, since we'd have to
 7pick the same type twice.
 8
 9For example, if I have 9 chocolates, 7 dark and 2 milk (having just eaten a
10dark), then the probability of eating a dark is 7/9 + (2/9 * (7/9)) ~= 95%.
11
12The probability of picking a given color after clearing the current color
13(either the first choice or by picking a different color) is just m/n.
14
15It should be possible to programmatically generate all of the possible choices.
16
17There is a way to categorize all possible scenarios. The product of:
18
19- By number of each type (D, M) starting at (8, 2)
20- By last picked type (D, M, N)
21
22Naively, that 81 possible states. However, the (8,2,X) state is only valid for X=N, so we can eliminate X=D and X=M.
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24Now, we only care about the probability that the last chocolate we eat is milk, so the final state is anything where M=0, so we can delete all of those and have a single END state.
25
26We can also eliminate all states where D=0 since when that happens we know that the last chocolate we eat will be milk
27
28That brings the number of states to 53.
29
30D m D m D m D m D m D m D m D m M M
31
32D M L
338 2 N
348 1 D
358 1 M
368 1 N
377 2 D
387 2 M
397 2 N
407 1 D
417 1 M
427 1 N
436 2 D
446 2 M
456 2 N
466 1 D
476 1 M
486 1 N
495 2 D
505 2 M
515 2 N
525 1 D
535 1 M
545 1 N
554 2 D
564 2 M
574 2 N
584 1 D
594 1 M
604 1 N
613 2 D
623 2 M
633 2 N
643 1 D
653 1 M
663 1 N
672 2 D
682 2 M
692 2 N
702 1 D
712 1 M
722 1 N
731 2 D
741 2 M
751 2 N
761 1 D
771 1 M
781 1 N
79END
80
81These nodes form a DAG, where:
82  (D,M,L=D)
83    (D-1,M,L=D)
84    (D,M,L=N)
85  (D,M,L=M)
86    (D,M-1,L=M)
87    (D,M,L=N)
88  (D,M,L=N)
89    (D-1,M,L=D)
90    (D,M-1,L=M)