<div dir="ltr">I asked George (Gemini) to simulate it and I ran the code in Colab at: <br><a href="https://colab.research.google.com/drive/18cqOB5x-a-IpLtx0LZBg9VrFi893EcbH?usp=sharing">https://colab.research.google.com/drive/18cqOB5x-a-IpLtx0LZBg9VrFi893EcbH?usp=sharing</a><br><br>The prompt I used was:<br>You are given a system with two air-filled containers connected by a tube. Inside the tube is a movable slider with a membrane that allows pressure to equalize between the containers. Each container has a plunger that can change its volume.<br>A sequence of "taps" is applied to each plunger. These taps progressively reduce the volume of the containers. The taps on both sides have the same average magnitude, but the distribution of their magnitudes has different positive skews.<br>Write a Python program that:<br>Simulates the system by applying a series of random taps to each plunger.<br>Generates tap magnitudes using random distributions with:<br>Equal average values.<br>Different degrees of positive skewness.<br>Calculates the resulting position of the slider (equilibrium point) as the taps are applied.<br>Repeats the simulation n times (default n=10).<br>Outputs the results:<br>Numerically (e.g., final slider positions).<br>Graphically (e.g., distribution of slider positions or time evolution over taps).<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 at 05:54, Marcus Daniels <<a href="mailto:marcus@snoutfarm.com">marcus@snoutfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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George can do anything, you just have to know how to ask him correctly... a bit like a Djinn.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks for checking in. I think I can safely say that that is a thing I will probably never do, but you have reminded me that I ought to see if somebody has already done it in NetLogo.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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