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they can
An awesome problem and solution 
The sad news for the prisoners - when using this algorithm, nothing depends on them. Whether they are saved or not is determined only by how the boxes are distributed. If the boxes turn sets of less than 50 pieces, then the prisoners will definitely be saved, and if not, they are guaranteed to lose.
I have way too much free time on my hands as I actually watched the video till the end.
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I think a great deal depends on them! The solution depends on them all understanding what they have to do and none of them making a mistake or just being too thick to do what they need to do.
i hvae watched this video 6 times now lol (in the past month)
Could we just tell Arduino to scrap the forum and replace it with a link to those videos?
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I didn't believe the guys in the video
I have a much more time than we all, perhaps, so I even wrote the small C++ program that test the their results by Monte-Carlo method. After I run 100 trials - I give about 30-32 successfully rescues
It seems that they are correct in the maths
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No, I was wrong, not everything depends on the distribution of boxes. There remains an element of chance ... By the way, it seemed to me that the authors did not discuss this point.
Let's say another participant entered the room, chose his number, then the one that was in the box... and so on. But let's suppose that after 20 numbers he came to the number from which he started. What number should he choose next? - random?
The box they start with is their own number... so they are done and can leave the room... they don't choose another number.
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Omg I am stupid
Wow, I felt enlighten at the end but deffo burnt out brain cells on the way through, I'm to frightened to ever watch it again, Op should put a warning first
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