jimrandomh comments on Techniques for probability estimates - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JGWeissman 06 January 2011 08:47:52PM 0 points [-]

All you need is a hash function.

A hash function on a die roll is quite vulnerable to a dictionary attack. You could add a salt, but this makes hash collisions easier to take advantage of.

Comment author: jimrandomh 06 January 2011 08:51:40PM 3 points [-]

You wouldn't use a hash function that people could generate collisions with, any more than you would use ROT-13.