Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
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Re: Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
#2Really neat project! Loved watching the video. Do you have the code in a Github repo?
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#3I love this! I was expecting something more like Mark Rober's movign dartboard [0], which is super cool, but this is even more interesting, because of the way you used software to come up with a general solution in advance.
Kudos!
Re: Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
#4Isn't it a backboard, not a hoop?
Re: Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
#5Isn't it a backboard, not a hoop?
Technically but if you google a basketball hoop or talk about one, people generally think of the backboard and hoop.
Re: Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
#6I love this! I was expecting something more like Mark Rober's movign dartboard [0], which is super cool, but this is even more interesting, because of the way you used software to come up with a general solution in advance. Kudos!
your [0] link is missing
edit: pasted the first yt result here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTizZ_XcUM
Re: Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
#7I thought this was really cool, keep up the good work!
Re: Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
#8Clearly the hoop that minimizes shots is what exists at funfairs all over the world.
Would making the backboard convex make it near-impossible to hit? What about making the curve imperceptible so it's hard to notice it's helping/hurting?
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#9Clearly the hoop that minimizes shots is what exists at funfairs all over the world. Would making the backboard convex make it near-impossible to hit? What about making the curve imperceptible so it's hard to notice it's helping/hurting?
The carnival hoops I've examined all have ellipsis shaped rims. Impossible to distinguish from a circle when observed from the front, but clearly squished if you walk around and get underneath it.
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#10"Who is Monte Carlo?" Monte Carlo is for Europe what Las Vegas is for the US. The first name that comes to mind when you think gambling.
Monte Carlo method is repeated random sampling to obtain numerical results.
Monte Carlo algorithms are heuristic algorithms that solve problems with random process that can give wrong answers.
Las Vegas algorithms are algorithms that solve problems with randomness but get always correct result or knows that it failed. Runtime is finite.
Atlantic City algorithm is a probabilistic polynomial time algorithm that gives correct answer > 50% of the time (or 75% of the time by some definition).