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106 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17 Aug \ on: Dice to seed - Keith Mukai math bitcoin

I like the guide, but it seems like more vibe slop?

Extra rolls are not necessary. Advice to roll 120 or 150 times circulates on the theory that they buy margin against an imperfect die. They would, but §2 leaves no such die to guard against: a real one costs almost nothing, and one skewed far enough to matter would be so obviously bad you would not have used it in the first place.

There is a ceiling. A seed holds a fixed number of bits, 128 for a 12-word phrase and 256 for a 24-word one. 99 rolls already deliver 255.9 of that 256. Roll 150 times and the surplus has nowhere to go.

Guess they're not hiding it though, the website name is kdmukai-bot after all...

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120 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 17 Aug

Certainly AI generated, but Keith usually checks his stuff. But in my ignorance I don't think I see the error here.

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106 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 17 Aug

I'm not saying there's an error. I'm saying I hate that tone of voice so much that it distracts me from reading. literally gives me displeasure to read it

I wonder if technical people realize that writing still matters even if the information is technically accurate

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4 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 17 Aug

I was worried there was some obvious math error in there that I had failed to spot when I went through it.

I find that I don't mind the tone of voice as much as you. This makes me feel a trifle insecure (shouldn't all people of good taste detest it as well?) -- but maybe this has to do with your point: clearly there are some people (perhaps more of them in technical circles) who don't find the slop-voice so annoying.

I like to think that I am an enjoyoor of good writing and yet I don't react very much at all to this. I think it may be because I don't actually read it, just skim around looking for details that I'm interested in. (Perhaps not the best advice for a webpage about generating entropy for the keys to one's Bitcoin).

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