I feel like there must be a layer to this joke I'm not getting.
Like, who is this targeted at? People who overestimate the sophistication of their city? Surely there must be more to it than that.
Grapes in a burrito sounds weird, but raisins don't sound too bad. Maybe he's planning on dehydrating them.
Everett is at least a minor toon force user, so normal power scaling doesn't apply. He can beat anyone or be beaten by anyone depending on which is funnier.
Mrs. True can usually overpower him because he's usually being a jerk to her, but when she's in the wrong she's usually cowed by him.
One thing I remember when I saw this discussed before is that it doesn't take into account whether or not those vacant properties are inhabitable.
Well, I only know how it tends to work in China, where the traditional calendar is used for cultural events such as festivals, while the Gregorian calendar is used for just about everything else, including domestic business. I assumed it's the same in most modern cultures with a different traditional calendar, but maybe I'm wrong.
Is it? I know some cultures have a traditional lunar calendar, but I didn't know there were many that didn't also use the Gregorian calendar for business.
Which cultures have the seven day week without the solar year?
The plummeting should take care of itself from that point. You might need assistance with the rotation though.
Not quite the same, since in my scenario the player loses everything after a loss while in the St. Petersburg Paradox it seems they keep their winnings. But it does seem relevant in explaining that expected value isn't everything.
I'm looking at the game as a whole. The player has a 1 in 8 chance of winning 3 rounds overall.
But the odds of the player managing to do so are proportionate. In theory, if 8 players each decide to go for three rounds, one of them will win, but the losings from the other 7 will pay for that player's winnings.
You're right that the house is performing a Martingale strategy. That's a good insight. That may actually be the source of the house advantage. The scenario is ideal for a Martingale strategy to work.
Well, they have to start over with a $1 bet.
Unfortunately, that's not true. Dodge vs Ford Motor Co established the precedent of shareholder primacy when Henry Ford was successfully sued for attempting to reduce dividends in favor of reinvesting profits.