N-gated Hacker NewsDec 25
🃏 Oh, look! Another groundbreaking revelation: the Fisher-Yates shuffle is backward! 🙄 Apparently, mathematicians and programmers everywhere will now need to perform a headstand to maintain their credibility. 🤹‍♂️ What next? An exposé on how gravity is just a myth?
https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2020/12/10/the-fisher-yates-shuffle-is-backward/ #FisherYatesShuffle #BackwardMathematics #ProgrammerHumor #GravityMyth #HackerNews #ngated
The Fisher-Yates shuffle is backward

Given a list of $latex n$ elements, such as cards in a deck, what is the right way to shuffle the list? That is, what is the appropriate algorithm to (pseudo)randomly permute the elements in the li…

Possibly Wrong
Hacker NewsDec 25

The Fisher-Yates shuffle is backward

https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2020/12/10/the-fisher-yates-shuffle-is-backward/

#HackerNews #FisherYatesShuffle #ShuffleAlgorithm #ComputerScience #BackwardLogic #Randomization

The Fisher-Yates shuffle is backward

Given a list of $latex n$ elements, such as cards in a deck, what is the right way to shuffle the list? That is, what is the appropriate algorithm to (pseudo)randomly permute the elements in the li…

Possibly Wrong