Boku, Inc. provides mobile billing and payment solutions for merchants and mobile operators. The last earnings update was 54 days ago. More info.
Boku has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
BOKU outperformed the IT industry which returned -0.2% over the past year.
BOKU outperformed the Market in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which returned 2.1% over the past year.
Is Boku undervalued based on future cash flows and its price relative to the stock market?
Here we compare the current share price of Boku to its discounted cash flow analysis.value.
Below are the data sources, inputs and calculation used to determine the intrinsic value for Boku.
The calculations below outline how an intrinsic value for Boku is arrived at by discounting future cash flows to their present value using the 2 stage method. We try to start with analysts estimates of free cash flow, however if these are not available we use the most recent financial results. In the 1st stage we continue to grow the free cash flow over a 10 year period, with the growth rate trending towards the perpetual growth rate used in the 2nd stage. The 2nd stage assumes the company grows at a stable rate into perpetuity.
Amount off the current price Boku is available for.
For Boku to be considered undervalued it must be available for at least 20% below the current price. Less than 40% is even better.
Boku's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
Boku's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a substantial discount (> 40%).
The amount the stock market is willing to pay for Boku's earnings, growth and assets is considered below, and whether this is a fair price.
Are Boku's earnings available for a low price, and how does this compare to other companies in the same industry?
** Primary Listing of Boku.
Boku is loss making, we can't compare its value to the GB IT industry average.
Boku is loss making, we can't compare the value of its earnings to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland market.
Does Boku's expected growth come at a high price?
Unable to calculate PEG ratio for Boku, we can't assess if its growth is good value.
What value do investors place on Boku's assets?
* Primary Listing of Boku.
Boku is overvalued based on assets compared to the GB IT industry average.
Boku has a total score of 2/6, see the detailed checks below.
How is Boku expected to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 2 analysts?
Is Boku expected to grow at an attractive rate?
Boku's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 1.2%.
Boku's earnings growth is expected to exceed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland market average.
Boku's revenue growth is expected to exceed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland market average.
Boku's earnings are expected to grow significantly at over 20% yearly.
Boku's revenue is expected to grow significantly at over 20% yearly.
All data from Boku Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.
Unable to establish if Boku will efficiently use shareholders' funds in the future without estimates of Return on Equity.
Boku has a total score of 5/6, see the detailed checks below.
How has Boku performed over the past 5 years?
Below we compare Boku's growth in the last year to its industry (IT).
Boku does not make a profit even though their year on year earnings growth rate was positive over the past 5 years.
Unable to compare Boku's 1-year earnings growth to the 5-year average as it is not currently profitable.
Unable to compare Boku's 1-year growth to the GB IT industry average as it is not currently profitable.
Boku's revenue and profit over the past 5 years is shown below, any years where they have experienced a loss will show up in red.
It is difficult to establish if Boku has efficiently used shareholders' funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%) as it is loss-making.
It is difficult to establish if Boku has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the GB IT industry average (Return on Assets) as it is loss-making.
It is difficult to establish if Boku improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) as it is currently loss-making.
Boku has a total score of 0/6, see the detailed checks below.
How is Boku's financial health and their level of debt?
The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up Boku's finances.
Boku is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
Boku's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of Boku's finances. If any of them are yellow this indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the checks below.
Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 38.3x debt.
All data from Boku Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago.
Boku's level of debt (8.2%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
Unable to establish if Boku's debt level has increased without past 5-year debt data.
Whilst loss making Boku has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains the current positive free cash flow level.
Whilst loss making Boku has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, even with free cash flow being positive and shrinking by -86.3% per year.
What is Boku's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Current annual income from Boku dividends. Estimated to be 0% next year.
If you bought £2,000 of Boku shares you are expected to receive £0 in your first year as a dividend.
Unable to evaluate Boku's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to evaluate Boku's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to perform a dividend volatility check as Boku has not reported any payouts.
Unable to verify if Boku's dividend has been increasing as the company has not reported any payouts.
What portion of Boku's earnings are paid to the shareholders as a dividend.
Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as Boku has not reported any payouts.
No need to calculate the sustainability of Boku's dividends in 3 years as they are not expected to pay a notable one for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
What is the CEO of Boku's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
Mr. Jonathan Peter Prideaux commonly known as Jon has been Chief Executive Officer of BOKU, Inc., since 2014. Mr. Prideaux has been Senior Advisor of Paymo, Inc. since December 2008. He served as Chief Business Officer of BOKU, Inc., since 2012. Mr. Prideaux served as Deputy Chief Executive of SecureTrading Limited. He was an early Visa Europe employee and key contributor to its growth, leaving in 2006 as Executive Vice President, Marketing. During a 17-year career at Visa, Mr. Prideaux was responsible for marketing and new products, he helped to design the business rules for Visa and oversaw the development of several Internet-facing products, including the Verified by Visa program for securing Internet transactions. Before Visa, Mr. Prideaux held a number of technical and sales positions at IBM. He served on the Board of EMVCo, was the Chairman of the Compliance Committee and was a member of Visa's Global Product and Brand Councils. He has been a Director at Boku, Inc since June 22, 2014.
Insufficient data for Jon to establish whether their remuneration is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The average tenure for the Boku management team is over 5 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced team.
The average tenure for the Boku board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.
Boku has a total score of 0/6, this is not included on the snowflake, see the detailed checks below.
Boku Inc's (LON:BOKU) Insiders Ramped Up Holdings - Should You?
Check out our latest analysis for Boku BOKU is bordering on breakeven, according to analysts. … AIM:BOKU Past Future Earnings Mar 9th 18 Underlying developments driving BOKU's growth isn't the focus of this broad overview, though, take into account that typically a high forecast growth rate is not unusual for a company that is currently undergoing an investment period. … Next Steps: This article is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis on BOKU, so if you are interested in understanding the company at a deeper level, take a look at BOKU's company page on Simply Wall St.
How Does Boku Inc (LON:BOKU) Compare To The Tech Sector?
AIM:BOKU PE PEG Gauge Dec 18th 17 The software tech industry is trading at a PE ratio of 35x, above the broader UK stock market PE of 18x. … If your initial investment thesis is around the growth prospects of Boku, there are other tech companies that have delivered higher growth, and perhaps trading at a discount to the industry average. … Although its growth has delivered lower growth relative to its tech peers in the near term, the market may be pessimistic on the stock, leading to a potential undervaluation.
Dilution Ahead For Boku Inc (AIM:BOKU) Shareholders?
Cash is crucial to run a business, and if a company burns through its reserves fast, it will need to come back to market for additional capital raising. … Though, if opex continues to rise at this rate, given how much cash reserves BOKU currently has, it will actually need to raise capital again within the next couple of months! … The cash burn analysis result indicates a cash constraint for BOKU, due to its current opex growth rate and its level of cash reserves.
Today I will examine Boku Inc's (AIM:BOKU) latest earnings update (30 June 2017) and compare these figures against its performance over the past couple of years, in addition to how the rest of BOKU's industry performed. … See our latest analysis for BOKU Did BOKU's recent EPS Growth beat the long-term trend and the industry? … I like to use data from the most recent 12 months, which annualizes the latest 6-month earnings release, or some times, the latest annual report is already the most recent financial data.
Boku, Inc. provides mobile billing and payment solutions for merchants and mobile operators. The company's solutions enable consumers to make online payments using their mobile devices. It offers merchant solutions, including Boku Acquire, a mobile provisioning for operator led user acquisition; Boku Account, a mobile authentication for frictionless user activation; and Boku Checkout, a carrier commerce for comprehensive user monetization. The company also provides operator solutions comprising Boku Connect tools and resources for faster integration into digital retail channels; and Boku Optimise analytics and programs for achieving higher revenue and lower risk. Boku, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.


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MWC 2015: Your phone's touchscreen could scan your fingers, right down to their pores
Fingerprint-scanning buttons could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to Qualcomm's fancy new sensor
03 March 2015 / 14:31IST
With Apple and Samsung embracing fingerprint-scanning home buttons to protect devices and authenticate payments, our digits will soon be the key to opening up a whole new world of possibilities.
While the iPhone and Galaxy S6 make use of physical buttons to house the scanner, it would be much better if the screen itself were able to double up as a sensor, letting you authenticate your fingerprints simply by tapping anywhere on the screen itself.
Nestled among the torrent of smartphones and tablets here at MWC, we came across a clever piece of kit that could enable us to one day do just that. It's developed by Qualcomm, and it makes use of ultrasonic waves to map the contours of your fingertips, to the extent where the actual intensity of the ridges in your fingerprints can be seen. You can even see your individual pores, and the end result is an accurate 3D map of your fingers that's more secure and harder to trick than traditional sensors.
It'll work if your fingers are sweaty too, or if they're slathered in lotion. Though the thought of touching our gadgets with greasy fingers makes us cringe.
Current biometric sensors are essentially tiny cameras which require a clear line of sight to achieve an accurate scan, and the information that it does pick up is less detailed.
Ultrasonic sensors however, are able to scan through materials like metal and glass, as they use sound waves. Scale up the technology to the size of an entire touchscreen, and boom - you've got yourself a digit-scanning smartphone without a dedicated physical sensor in sight. This is the direction that Qualcomm wants to take the technology in, according to the rep at the stand.
It's still a way off however. Qualcomm's current sensor isn't actual beneath the touchscreen itself, but just below it, hidden beneath the front layer of glass. The sensor itself is also limited to a scan barrier depth of 0.4mm, though future iterations are expected to support thicker materials.
Who knows, in a few years time, securely accessing your smartphone could be even easier than sliding to unlock.
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When firefighter Grady Ashcroft adopts his deceased sister's son, he knows life will change. He never expected to be a dad, but he'll give young Jamie his best, even if it means a celibate life in a new home. He does not expect to find the man of his dreams in the Colorado village where he takes a new job, either.
Sullivan Parker wanted to be chief of the Valle Vista fire department when the former chief was forced to leave. Instead, the town council hires a stranger from far away. Despite his resentment, Sully finds himself drawn to the newcomer. He also discovers a need to take Jamie and the spotted pup the former chief left behind under his wing.
Can the brotherhood of battling dangerous blazes morph into stronger feelings for the two men, or will conflict prevail?
With steadier movements, Sully jerked the oxygen mask of his face. "I'm good," he rasped. "Save it for her. She don't look good at all."
He stood steadily enough and reached to turn off the connection for the hose to the mask he'd removed. Then he wheeled around to start toward the main truck, which still pumped out water. At the same instant, a sudden crash shook them. Sparks flew as the barn folded in on itself. For a short time the fire leaped. However it soon subsided, much of its fuel clearly gone, while the rest of the ruined building was now saturated and cooling.
"Sit down and give yourself a break." Grady roared out the order. "Things are under control and you fucking well aren't going to risk more strain right now. That's an order, in case I didn't make it clear."
Sully stopped, looking back with a poisonous glare. "I know my limits. I'm not going to endanger anyone. Leave me be."
Although most of Grady's attention focused on the unconscious woman, he glanced up at Sully. "I said sit. Do it, or I'll write you up for insubordination."
Sully managed a raspy laugh. "Do I look like I care? You can't fire volunteers, big shot. If you keep hassling me, I might just quit."
Grady was saved from a reply that might have made matters worse by the distinctive whaps of the approaching helicopter. He left the woman in the care of another firefighter as he grabbed a flashlight and went to direct the chopper to a clear landing.
The EMTs lost no time bundling up the victim and getting her aboard. Grady thought about sending Sully with them, but when he looked around, the other man had disappeared. The chopper had lifted clear and headed away before Grady found his second-in-command in the cab of the truck they'd brought to the scene. Sully leaned on the steering wheel, resting his elbows in its lower curve and holding his bowed head in both hands. His helmet lay in the passenger seat. By all appearances, he was totally done in. Breathing smoke could do that to a person.
Grady gulped. The surge of sympathy and concern sweeping over him took him by surprise. It felt like more than the normal worry he should have for a member of his team. He'd always treated the firefighters under him like brothers and sisters, but he'd also maintained an insulating distance and never let any of them inside his protective shell. That was way too risky. He damn sure wasn't going to do it here!
Sully made him mad as hell, although some sixth sense insisted the often-belligerent mechanic was a good man, someone he could trust and count on. Did he dare accept that intuitive assessment? Maybe now was a time to test it. Under the moment's pressure, he forgot the other side of his feelings about Sully, the risky, incendiary tingle of attraction. Without giving himself time to analyze his motives, he reached through the open window and put his hand on Sully's shoulder.
At the unexpected touch, Sully jumped. He didn't think he'd fallen asleep, but then again ... even before Grady's voice came, low and a bit rougher than usual, he recognized the hand still resting on his shoulder.
"Hey, bud, you okay? I'll run you back to town before I come back to start tryin' to find out the cause of this blaze. You really need to be checked out for smoke inhalation—you know how nasty it can be, even clean smoke from hay and construction wood."
"I'm okay. Back off. I'm not your fuckin' kid or something." Hearing the harsh growl in his tone after the words came out, Sully cringed. Shit, the guy's just trying to be decent. No need to take his head off. But he's buggin' me here, too fucking nice or something. Too close, too much like a lo -- Shit, no way!
"I'm okay," he repeated, this time in a milder voice. "Tired, sure, but nothing more serious. I know what to watch for. If I still feel a little off after a few hours of sleep, I'll go to the clinic tomorrow before I open the garage."
"I'm driving back anyway," Grady said. "Scoot over or get down and go around."
Sully grunted, straightened, and slid across the worn bench seat to the far side. He knew when it was time to give in, perhaps with a touch of ill grace, but just do it. The five-mile drive back to town seemed to take a long time, what with both of them stiff and silent. A strange tension sizzled in the air between them. They both stubbornly continued to ignore that particular elephant in the parlor.


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        PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE

  From interface
com.google.android.gms.common.internal.safeparcel.SafeParcelable

        String
        NULL

  From interface
com.google.android.gms.games.multiplayer.realtime.Room

        int
        ROOM_STATUS_ACTIVE
        Constant returned by getStatus() indicating that the room is active and connections
 are established.

        int
        ROOM_STATUS_AUTO_MATCHING
        Constant returned by getStatus() indicating that one or more slots are waiting to be
 filled by auto-matching.

        int
        ROOM_STATUS_CONNECTING
        Constant returned by getStatus() indicating that this room is waiting for clients to
 connect to each other.

        int
        ROOM_STATUS_INVITING
        Constant returned by getStatus() indicating that the room has one or more players
 that have been invited and have not responded yet.

        int
        ROOM_VARIANT_DEFAULT
        Constant used to indicate that the variant for a room is unspecified.

Fields

          <nobr>
          public
          static
          final
          Creator<RoomEntity></nobr>
          CREATOR

Public Methods

        <nobr>

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        describeContents()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            boolean</nobr>

        <nobr>
        equals(Object obj)</nobr>

        <nobr>

            Room</nobr>

        <nobr>
        freeze()</nobr>

Freeze a volatile representation into an immutable representation.

        <nobr>

            Bundle</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getAutoMatchCriteria()</nobr>

Retrieves the automatch criteria used to create or join this room, if any.

        <nobr>

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getAutoMatchWaitEstimateSeconds()</nobr>

Retrieves the estimated wait time for automatching to finish for players who are not
 automatched immediately, as measured from the time that the room entered the
 automatching pool.

        <nobr>

            long</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getCreationTimestamp()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getCreatorId()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getDescription()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getDescription(CharArrayBuffer dataOut)</nobr>

Loads the room description into the given CharArrayBuffer.

        <nobr>

            Participant</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipant(String participantId)</nobr>

Get a participant in a room by its ID.

        <nobr>

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipantId(String playerId)</nobr>

Get the participant ID for a given player.

        <nobr>

            ArrayList<String></nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipantIds()</nobr>

Get the IDs of the participants of the given room.

        <nobr>

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipantStatus(String participantId)</nobr>

Get the status of a participant in a room.

        <nobr>

            ArrayList<Participant></nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipants()</nobr>

Retrieve the Participants for this object.

        <nobr>

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getRoomId()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getStatus()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getVariant()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        hashCode()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            boolean</nobr>

        <nobr>
        isDataValid()</nobr>

Check to see if this object is valid for use.

        <nobr>

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        toString()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)</nobr>

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Inherited Methods

From class

  java.lang.Object

        <nobr>

            Object</nobr>

        <nobr>
        clone()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            boolean</nobr>

        <nobr>
        equals(Object arg0)</nobr>

        <nobr>

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        finalize()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            final

            Class<?></nobr>

        <nobr>
        getClass()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        hashCode()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            final

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        notify()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            final

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        notifyAll()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        toString()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            final

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        wait()</nobr>

        <nobr>

            final

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        wait(long arg0, int arg1)</nobr>

        <nobr>

            final

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        wait(long arg0)</nobr>

From interface

  android.os.Parcelable

        <nobr>
            abstract

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        describeContents()</nobr>

        <nobr>
            abstract

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        writeToParcel(Parcel arg0, int arg1)</nobr>

From interface

  com.google.android.gms.common.data.Freezable

        <nobr>
            abstract

            T</nobr>

        <nobr>
        freeze()</nobr>

Freeze a volatile representation into an immutable representation.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            boolean</nobr>

        <nobr>
        isDataValid()</nobr>

Check to see if this object is valid for use.

From interface

  com.google.android.gms.games.multiplayer.Participatable

        <nobr>
            abstract

            ArrayList<Participant></nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipants()</nobr>

Retrieve the Participants for this object.

From interface

  com.google.android.gms.games.multiplayer.realtime.Room

        <nobr>
            abstract

            Bundle</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getAutoMatchCriteria()</nobr>

Retrieves the automatch criteria used to create or join this room, if any.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getAutoMatchWaitEstimateSeconds()</nobr>

Retrieves the estimated wait time for automatching to finish for players who are not
 automatched immediately, as measured from the time that the room entered the
 automatching pool.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            long</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getCreationTimestamp()</nobr>

        <nobr>
            abstract

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getCreatorId()</nobr>

        <nobr>
            abstract

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getDescription()</nobr>

        <nobr>
            abstract

            void</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getDescription(CharArrayBuffer dataOut)</nobr>

Loads the room description into the given CharArrayBuffer.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            Participant</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipant(String participantId)</nobr>

Get a participant in a room by its ID.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipantId(String playerId)</nobr>

Get the participant ID for a given player.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            ArrayList<String></nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipantIds()</nobr>

Get the IDs of the participants of the given room.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getParticipantStatus(String participantId)</nobr>

Get the status of a participant in a room.

        <nobr>
            abstract

            String</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getRoomId()</nobr>

        <nobr>
            abstract

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getStatus()</nobr>

        <nobr>
            abstract

            int</nobr>

        <nobr>
        getVariant()</nobr>

Fields

        public
        static
        final
        Creator<RoomEntity>

        CREATOR

Public Methods

        public

        int

      describeContents
      ()

        public

        boolean

      equals
      (Object obj)

        public

        Room

      freeze
      ()

Freeze a volatile representation into an immutable representation. Objects returned from this
 call are safe to cache.

 Note that the output of freeze may not be identical to the parent object, but should
 be equal. In other words:

 Freezable f1 = new Freezable();
 Freezable f2 = f1.freeze();
 f1 == f2 may not be true.
 f1.equals(f2) will be true.

Returns

A concrete implementation of the data object.

        public

        Bundle

      getAutoMatchCriteria
      ()

Retrieves the automatch criteria used to create or join this room, if any. May be null if the
 room has no automatch properties.

Returns

A bundle containing the automatch criteria for this room.

        public

        int

      getAutoMatchWaitEstimateSeconds
      ()

Retrieves the estimated wait time for automatching to finish for players who are not
 automatched immediately, as measured from the time that the room entered the
 automatching pool.

Returns

The estimated wait time in seconds, or -1 if the room is not
         automatching or no estimate could be provided.

        public

        long

      getCreationTimestamp
      ()

        public

        String

      getCreatorId
      ()

        public

        String

      getDescription
      ()

        public

        void

      getDescription
      (CharArrayBuffer dataOut)

Loads the room description into the given CharArrayBuffer.

Parameters

          dataOut
          The buffer to load the data into.

        public

        Participant

      getParticipant
      (String participantId)

Get a participant in a room by its ID. Note that the participant ID must correspond to a
 participant in this match, or this method will throw an exception.

Parameters

          participantId
          Match-local ID of the participant to retrieve status for.

Returns

The participant corresponding to the given ID.

        public

        String

      getParticipantId
      (String playerId)

Get the participant ID for a given player. This will only return a non-null ID if the player
 is actually a participant in the room and that player's identity is visible to the current
 player. Note that this will always return non-null for the current player.

Parameters

          playerId
          Player ID to find participant ID for.

Returns

The participant ID corresponding to given player, or null if none found.

        public

        ArrayList<String>

      getParticipantIds
      ()

Get the IDs of the participants of the given room.

Returns

The IDs of the participants in this room. These are returned in the participant
         order of the room. Note that these are not stable across rooms.

        public

        int

      getParticipantStatus
      (String participantId)

Get the status of a participant in a room. Note that the participant ID must correspond to a
 participant in this room, or this method will throw an exception.

Parameters

          participantId
          Room-local ID of the participant to retrieve status for.

Returns

The current status of the participant in this room. One of
         STATUS_INVITED, STATUS_JOINED,
         STATUS_DECLINED, or STATUS_LEFT.

        public

        ArrayList<Participant>

      getParticipants
      ()

Retrieve the Participants for this object. This is a list of all Participants
 applicable to the given object.

Returns

A list of Participants for this object.

        public

        String

      getRoomId
      ()

        public

        int

      getStatus
      ()

        public

        int

      getVariant
      ()

        public

        int

      hashCode
      ()

        public

        boolean

      isDataValid
      ()

Check to see if this object is valid for use. If the object is still volatile, this method
 will indicate whether or not the object can be safely used. The output of a call to
 freeze() will always be valid.

Returns

whether or not the object is valid for use.

        public

        String

      toString
      ()

        public

        void

      writeToParcel
      (Parcel dest, int flags)

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10 Cool Music Industry Jobs You Might Not Have Considered
It's easy to hear "music industry" and think: ok, so, we're talking about musicians. Sure, without the creative outpouring of work from musicians there wouldn't be an industry to work in. But as they say, it takes a village—sometimes a very large, expensive, interwoven village—to raise a child. Erm, or to raise the profile of a musician's song.
Here are a few cool offstage and behind-the-scenes positions in the music biz:
Video game sound designer
To say that the video game industry is massive is an understatement. In 2017, it generated more than $108 billion—yes, billion—in revenue. While this industry is competitive, it's also wide-ranging and directly overlaps with the music industry. As a video game sound designer, you can create everything from short jingles to long, thematic scores. Many sound designers are freelancers who get paid by the project, but full-time folks can earn upward of $80k per year.
As in many creative industries, there's a wide range in salary compensation in the music biz. This is especially true if you're a booking agent. When you're helping book upcoming live events for the artist you're representing, it makes a huge difference who the artist is. If you work with a creative agency, you can make an annual salary that ranges from $75k to more than $1m for those big-name stars, according to Billboard.
Music industry attorney
Musical artists and their labels deal with lots of contracts, which means you can expect there to be well-paid lawyers in the room who know how to negotiate. If you like reading the fine print and want a job that still keeps you in contact with good music, consider becoming a music attorney. These specialized lawyers represent their clients (which can be musicians, record labels, or event promoters) in the negotiation process. Usually music industry attorneys deal with intellectual property rights and can finesse deals concerning the use of an artist's likeness or their compensation for an event. Expect to make a typical lawyer's salary, though your compensation will vary by city.
Film/TV music supervisor
You know how you're flooded with emotion whenever that scene starts in your favorite movie? It's the job of the film or TV show's music supervisor to secure licensing deals for the music that makes you feel that way. The pay range for this is wide as well, since music supervisors are paid by project. That means you can earn between $5k -$500k, according to Forbes. Secure a job on a big Hollywood blockbuster and the pay starts around $150k.
Recording engineers are responsible for manipulating the sound for a studio album. They know how to cut, edit, and mix sound to get the right feel for a song. While a recording engineer oversees the technical aspects of a recording session, they can also double as the producer. Those working in arts and theater companies typically earn the least, according to The Chronicle, while those in film can earn substantially more. For those in the music industry? Expect to find yourself in the middle pay range, around $57k per year.
Road manager
If you love to travel, being a road manager might be up your alley. You'll be responsible for managing transportation, scheduling, and keeping tabs on the money coming in and out for your musicians' tour. Though those on the bottom end of this pay scale can earn as little as $25k annually, while those at the top can make $125k. That's because road managers are paid week-by-week and factors like the overall tour budget, the length of the tour, and the act's prominence can affect your net pay. You can expect to make a base salary and have your meal expenses covered.
Music communications
Everyone needs a social team these days. That's especially true for musicians, who are expected to maintain public personas and engage with their followers. There's a wide sub-category of communications jobs in the music industry, which mirror social media and public relations jobs in other fields. A junior publicist at a public relations agency focused solely on music can earn between $40-50k per year, according to a 2016 study by the Berklee College of Music.
Market research analyst
If you like crunching numbers, then consider a job as a market research analyst. You'll be taking a close look at a company's competitors across the music industry by analyzing trends across social media platforms, distribution channels, etc. Expect a base salary of $60k per year, according to research from Glassdoor.
Music publishing jobs have some of the higher salaries in the industry, as you'll be dealing with licensing deals, royalties, and paperwork. Remember, a songwriter is the owner of the song, but that doesn't mean they're looking after who wants to use it all the time—for instance, if a company runs it in their commercial. That's where music publishers come in to take care of the nitty gritty.
You'll secure publishing contracts, scout out talent, and advocate for your clients to place their songs in, say, a particular TV scene. As part of securing rights, a publisher will often negotiate a contract establishing 50-50 ownership between the songwriter/act and the publishing company for compensation, according to Get In Media. Again, earnings here can vary widely depending on factors like radio airplay, the licenses in effect and how many songwriters were involved. A number-one record can bring in $800k, according to Careers In Music.
Video producer
Maybe you're looking for a more creative position within the music industry, but not necessary as a musician or songwriter. If you're a visual person, working as a video producer might be your best fit. The average salary for a video producer is $55k per year, according to Indeed, though an executive producer earns an average salary of $86k per year.


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Kirsten Provan
The Mental Health of Mr Robot
Kirsten Provan explores the mental health of Amazon Prime's Mr Robot and how the series portrays dissociative identity disorder.
maoile mothúchán by Katherine Stanley (Instagram @k.stan_art)
'The title of this piece translates as 'numb' in Irish. The artwork shows a sense of fragmentation of self that often comes with mental illness. I have depicted the fragmentation through imagery.'
Amazon Prime's Mr Robot is many things. It's a high-stakes hacker show that manages to be both incredibly cinematic and fundamentally indie. It's a cult classic with a killer soundtrack and a diverse cast. It's essentially Fight Club for the depressed, tech-obsessed, streaming generation. It's gripping. It's exciting. It leaves you completely breathless. In all four seasons, it never once drops the ball. But, as well as all that, it also offers the most accurate, sensitive portrayal of mental illness that I have seen on both the big and small screens in recent years.
Rami Malek, of Bohemian Rhapsody fame, stars as Elliot Alderson, an anxiety-and-depression-ridden, hacker-extraordinaire suffering with a severe dissociative identity disorder. Embroiled in a plot to outsmart and burn down capitalist society, it's fair to say that Elliot is a bit of a mess, and he's in way over his consistently-unreliable head.
It also offers the most accurate, sensitive portrayal of mental illness that I have seen on both the big and small screens in recent years.
Malek's performance ranges from the stammering, bumbling, rom-com-era Hugh Grant-type; to badass hacker stepping into his place as the Chosen One, à la The Matrix's Neo; to emotive, troubled young man struggling to survive in a corrupt world where both society and his mind seem pointedly against him. In the starring role, Malek is the whole package, and his navigation of Elliot's mental health issues only gets better as the series goes on.
Mental illness, particularly dissociative identity disorder, has truly made a name for itself on the silver screen, utilised, more often than not, for horror or suspense purposes. With the popularity of films such as M. Night Shyamalan's Split and even David Fincher's Fight Club, such issues are consistently reduced to little more than a plot device, where protagonists are either something to be feared or are miraculously cured by the time the credits roll. Crucially, Mr Robot doesn't do this. At no point is the audience scared of Elliot; at no point does he not feel human. The series creator Sam Esmail is careful never to exploit his central character for a cheap thrill.
Across the four seasons, we see Elliot muddle along with therapy, turn to drugs to cope, and suffer one breakdown after another. While the premise of the show may be a highly illegal, highly dangerous hack, the real story lies in one man's quest for sanity. And he's not alone. In this world governed by social pressures, social media, and the need to constantly be connected, it's no surprise that every single character is falling apart at the seams. Across the board, poor mental health is used not for plot or drama or tear-jerking scenes, but to flesh out the characters, allowing them to grow into people that viewers can empathise with and struggle alongside. Esmail deftly navigates the fine line between important representation and voyeurism. The balance between heart-racing action and more quiet, emotional moments, is perfectly struck so that the instances in which characters are vulnerable never need to be overly dramatised. Throughout the series, Malek's character is constantly speaking to us, the audience, referring to us as 'friends', creating an environment in which we feel secure. As such, Mr Robot simultaneously offers escapism through its intricate, adrenaline-inducing storylines, and acts as a safe space for those struggling with a bad brain day/week/month/year; it's a place in which we can feel understood.
Esmail deftly navigates the fine line between important representation and voyeurism.
As someone who's having a bad brain decade, I typically don't love shows which go down the mental health route, and as we collectively become more aware of how widespread such issues are, this kind of television seems to crop up all the more. Seriously, I don't think I can watch another bad depiction of PTSD, panic attacks, or a spot of depression that sticks around for a few episodes to create a bit of drama, only to never be mentioned again. For me, Mr Robot is not guilty of this. There is no magic cure for Elliot's condition, there are peaks and troughs and there are times when he spirals out of control, but it never feels overdone. In our contemporary society, everyone is struggling with something, and Sam Esmail uses this to connect us with his characters, and in return, he offers up a sliver of hope. Despite our brokenness, despite the dark tunnels we fall down, we will always have these moments of pure, unabashed joy.
In our contemporary society, everyone is struggling with something, and Sam Esmail uses this to connect us with his characters, and in return, he offers up a sliver of hope.
And despite the heavy subject matter, we do get joy from Mr Robot. Every aspect of the show, from the supporting cast to the scripts, the cinematography to the soundtrack (which cheekily features Pixies in homage to Fincher's classic), works in harmony to create an unmissable drama; truly the most accomplished piece of television I have seen in recent years. The portrayal of mental health is unapologetic and real; the questions raised about the state of contemporary society are poignant and ever-relevant. Whether its Sam Esmail himself stepping in front of the camera in the final series to say "goodbye, friend" to his protagonist, or Malek spending one episode running for almost an hour straight (from the police, he's not doing Couch to 5K), this show has the potential to give you chills and leave you completely breathless all at the same time.
The portrayal of mental health is unapologetic and real; the questions raised about the state of contemporary society are poignant and ever-relevant.
Running for only four series and stopping whilst the programme still thrills, Mr Robot is a rare breed. Such a positive, sympathetic depiction of mental illness really highlights how far we've come since Edward Norton effectively punched himself in the ear. While we can't talk about Fight Club lest we break both the first and second rules, Esmail makes it crystal clear that we should be talking about mental health. In amongst all the hacking and the cybercrime, we learn two very important things: we are not robots, and we all desperately need therapy.
Kirsten is a Creative Writing MSc student at the University of Edinburgh.
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"Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them...their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, 'Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?' "
De Colores and welcome to the new year. By all measures the HNEC had an outstanding year in 2018. As Thom mentioned in the December letter, we made it possible for 161 pilgrims to go on a Walk last year. How did that happen? It started with focus.
You Sponsored people; you prayed for the Community, its leadership and the pilgrims; and you supported the Emmaus community by working a Walk, working within your own church to support its Fourth Day Community, and you served your churches and many other missions of God – like Kairos. Our focus will remain the same for 2019, but with two additional focus items.
1. Build the Community through intentional inclusion.
2. Strengthen our community through collaboration.
Let's take a moment to think about how these focus items can be incorporated into what we are already doing.
Members of the Board will be reaching out to help build committees around their service areas to allow for inclusion of the community in board activities. Consider responding to those calls from team selection, agape, community outreach, training, etc. The names on the webpage need more help in the community.
Think outside your church when thinking about who to Sponsor on a Walk. Last year there were multiple denominations on every Walk. Many in the 4th Day are surprised by that. Think of neighbors, co-workers, friends, who you may who may already walk closely with God have the chance to be trained and strengthened by being a pilgrim. Maybe they need to start a 4th Day Community at their church.
One of the questions asked by The Upper Room when they visited us last was, "does your 4th Day community reflect the demographics of the area it covers?" Don't just think about your peers, think about those you serve in your personal mission work? How could their lives be changed forever by going on a Walk?
Think outside your church if your church has regular gatherings. Many churches are not large enough to have true communities in their churches, or multiple reunion group opportunities. Reach out to churches around you and invites them to join in with your church's 4th Day activities. It is easier to invite a potential Pilgrim to a gathering 2 miles away than asking them to drive from Jersey Village to Conroe. Help to start a new reunion group. You may have your group that's been together for 20 years, and folks starting new groups forming may have never been in one. Attend the group for a year. Help to form it.
If you see something being done by the Board that can be done better, or something at a gathering that could be changed – don't be shy. Reach out to the member on the board responsible for that service area. There are always newer and better ways, and there is no way the people on the Board know all of them.
I read the Emmaus story in a different version of the bible recently. It gave color and detail that I had never thought of. It was seven miles the men walked to get to Emmaus. Seven miles they walked. But when they were reminded of the power of Christ, they RAN seven miles (baring their legs, which people just did do in those times) to tell the good news. Serve with joy – brothers and sisters in Christ. Run to share the good news.
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Cosmos » Climate » Climate and biodiversity loss must be tackled together
14 June 2021 /
Rachel McDonald
Climate and biodiversity loss must be tackled together
Report shows that conservation and climate change are two sides of the same coin.
Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia. Credit: Ippei Naoi/Getty Images
biodiversity loss
Efforts to conserve the environment and slow climate change should be tackled together rather than as separate issues, according to a joint report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
The report found biodiversity and climate change have often been addressed independently of each other, a strategy the authors say will not solve either problem. In some cases, they say narrowly focused strategies to reverse climate change can have repercussions for biodiversity efforts, and vice versa.
The UN-backed report is the first collaboration between the IPCC and IPBES, and came together through a four-day virtual workshop with 50 or the world's top biodiversity and climate experts.
"The warmer the world gets, the less food, drinking water and other key contributions nature can make to our lives, in many regions," says Professor Hans-Otto Pörtner, climatologist and co-chair of the Scientific Steering Committee.
The researchers outline several strategies that could simultaneously address conservation and climate change, including protecting and restoring carbon- and species-rich ecosystems like mangroves, salt marshes, wetlands and forests.
Dr Jonathan Tonkin from the Canterbury University's School of Biological Sciences in New Zealand says there is an "overwhelming need" to tackle climate change and biodiversity together, and as the world warms humans are likely to experience serious ramifications of accelerated biodiversity loss.
"To reach the sustainable future we are seeking for people and nature, which is still possible, requires transformative change… the report lays out a series of actions we can take to help us get there," Tonkin says.
"Many of these actions come with multiple co-benefits, including flood or coastal protection, improved water quality, improved pollination, and even creating jobs."
The report also warns against climate change mitigation strategies that can be harmful to biodiversity.
Rick Stafford, Professor of Marine Biology and Conservation at Bournemouth University in the UK, says that technological solutions to climate change often had unintended environmental consequences, such as pollution caused by lithium mining to manufacture electric vehicles.
"Relying on technological solutions alone is unlikely to provide large carbon reduction benefits, and can even negatively affect biodiversity," Stafford says.
University College London Professor Simon Lewis says preserving biodiversity is an even tougher challenge than phasing out fossil fuels in a global economy focused on endless growth.
"What governments need to realise is that while measures to protect biodiversity almost always benefit the climate, some climate policy can harm biodiversity," Lewis says.
"Badly planned tree-planting programs and an over-reliance on energy production from trees and crops have been well-documented to harm biodiversity."
The report also tackles the concept of GDP growth as the single most important measure of economic success, with the researchers backing a greater focus on balancing human development, nature and quality of life.
While a healthy natural environment can play a significant role in absorbing carbon emissions, the researchers say significant reduction in manmade emissions is essential for survival.
Dr Will Pearse from Imperial College London's Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment says politicians and the general public need to rally behind reports like this to demand change in government strategy around the world.
"I beg anyone who reads [this report] and agrees with it to write, email, or call their local politicians to demand that they take action now," Pearse says. "There is not a moment to lose, and this report provides a clear path for policy-makers to act upon."
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Recently we have introduced a few new strategies to improve the vocabulary and the writing for the children we work with. Firstly, we started with "Word of the Week". This is a different word that we would teach the children each week. Following an inset day, we discussed that words fitted into three groups.
The decision was made to focus on the group 2 words. So far we have had words such as: friendship, emotion and perspective. We spend 2-3 minutes each day looking at the word, saying it, spelling it, putting it into sentences etc and it is helping to improve vocabulary and the children's writing.
Following this, we thought about making a bigger impact in our year group. I have been following Alan Peat for a while now and I am a big fan of his books. The one that I used a lot last year talked about different sentence types and he has recently released a follow-up. Both of the books contain a variety of different sentences and in class, we are picking one a week to focus on. In future weeks, I hope to let the children choose the focus sentence.
We started with BOYS sentences and these contained But Or Yet So. This helped to teach the children about connecting ideas together in different ways (not just with "and"). Last week though, we had huge success with the sentence of three with action as suggested by Pie Corbett, author of Jumpstart Literacy and Jumpstart Storymaking. This works like a 3 item list with commas but has more detail and describes actions.
The hedgehog walked over, picked up the decoration and gave it to the squirrel to put on the tree. Carefully, the deer reached down, picked up the bauble and hung it on the nearest branch.
Our aim is to choose a different sentence type each week and teach how it can be used, altered and adapted to suit the need. So far, it has given the children the chance to explore sentences and experiment with their writing.
I just discovered your site in the feed of a fellow Twitterite (@fitrzyk). I'm so glad I followed her link!
I teach Grade 2 in Canada (7 yr. olds) and am involved in an inquiry group using a commercial word work program. I'm not 100% thrilled with it from a pedagogical stance, though I've heard nothing but rave reviews about the program for years. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, or maybe it's just not a good fit for me personally.
There are pieces of it I like, however, which I think relate to your second group of words. This thing I like is the sorting of words based on common features within them. I have four groups of students, each with a differentiated word set. Their words are on little cards and they sort them, for example, into long vowel groups like snail, main, afraid vs. whale, make, grade.
I LOVE, love, love that what you do ensures your students' words are used in context, bringing meaning to the fore, and that the introduction of new vocabulary is part of your process. It's like your basic word study is the mashed potatoes, your tie-in with new vocabulary adds the salt, pepper, and maybe even a little garlic, and your added focus on varied sentence types is the delicious gravy… turning boring mashed-potatoes-writing into the creamy goodness of quality writing!
Your sentence of the week process resonates strongly with my professional belief system. I'm just wondering about some of your logistics; they might help me find a way to add this to my current classroom strategies with my inquiry group.
– How many students are in your class?
– Do they all study the same words?
– Do you differentiate for varied student abilities in some way? Or, do you spend more time one-on-one with your weaker students?
– How long does this take in your literacy block?
– Do you do this every day? Every other day? Or, is it more organic?
Thanks for a terrific post! I will be following your blog!


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Can You Catch The Cricket?
By Zach Wissner-Gross
Filed under The Riddler
Illustration by Guillaume Kurkdjian
Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite-size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow-puzzle movement. Submit a correct answer for either,1 and you may get a shoutout in the next column. Please wait until Monday to publicly share your answers! If you need a hint or have a favorite puzzle collecting dust in your attic, find me on Twitter.
Riddler Express
Help, there's a cricket on my floor! I want to trap it with a cup so that I can safely move it outside. But every time I get close, it hops exactly 1 foot in a random direction.
I take note of its starting position and come closer. Boom — it hops in a random direction. I get close again. Boom — it takes another hop in a random direction, independent of the direction of the first hop.
What is the most probable distance between the cricket's current position after two random jumps and its starting position? (Note: This puzzle is not asking for the expected distance, but rather the most probable distance. In other words, if you consider the probability distribution over all possible distances, where is the peak of this distribution?)
The solution to this Riddler Express can be found in the following column.
Riddler Classic
Another week, another dice-y Classic!
When you roll a pair of fair dice, the most likely outcome is 7 (which occurs 1/6 of the time) and the least likely outcomes are 2 and 12 (which each occur 1/36 of the time).
Annoyed by the variance of these probabilities, I set out to create a pair of "uniform dice." These dice still have sides that are uniquely numbered from 1 to 6, and they are identical to each other. However, they are weighted so that their sum is more uniformly distributed between 2 and 12 than that of fair dice.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to create a pair of such dice so that the probabilities of all 11 sums from 2 to 12 are identical (i.e., they are all 1/11). But I bet we can get pretty close.
The variance of the 11 probabilities is the average value of the squared difference between each probability and the average probability (which is, again, 1/11). One way to make my dice as uniform as possible is to minimize this variance.
So how should I make my dice as uniform as possible? In other words, which specific weighting of the dice minimizes the variance among the 11 probabilities? That is, what should the probabilities be for rolling 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 with one of the dice?
The solution to this Riddler Classic can be found in the following column.
Solution to last week's Riddler Express
Congratulations to 👏 Tim Curwick 👏 of Maple Grove, Minnesota, winner of last week's Riddler Express.
Last week, you were very clever when it came to solving Riddler Express puzzles. You were so clever, in fact, that you were in the top 10 percent of solvers in Riddler Nation (which, as you knew, has a very large population). You didn't know where in the top 10 percent you were — in fact, you realized that you were equally likely to be anywhere in the topmost decile. Also, no two people in Riddler Nation were equally clever.
One Friday morning, you walked into a room with nine members randomly selected from Riddler Nation. What was the probability that you were the cleverest solver in the room?
A number of readers tried to approximate the solution. If you were somewhere in the top decile, but you didn't know where, then you might as well have been smack dab in the middle, cleverer than 95 percent of Riddler Nation. With this assumption, your probability of being the cleverest in the room was 0.959, or just over 63 percent.
But approximating wasn't good enough. To find the exact solution, there were two different approaches — one of which was a lot more work than the other.
Let's start with the more laborious approach, which broke down into cases depending on how many of the other nine people in the room were also in the top decile. For example, suppose three of the other nine were among the top 10 percent of solvers. You were guaranteed to be cleverer than the remaining six solvers, since none of them was in the top 10 percent. However, as far as you were concerned, you were indistinguishable from those top three — all of you were randomly situated somewhere in the top 10 percent. Since none of you was more likely to be cleverer than any of the others, your chances of being the cleverest among them was 1/4.
Again, that was just in the event there were three other solvers in the top 10 percent. What were the chances of this even happening in the first place? You could figure this out using a binomial distribution, which was the probability that three were in the top 10 percent — 0.13 — times the probability that the other six were in the bottom 90 percent — 0.96 — times the number of ways to choose three people from a group of nine — 9 choose 3, or 84.
Putting this all together, the probability that three solvers in the room were in the top 10 percent and you were the cleverest among them was 84·(0.1)3·(0.9)6·1/4, or about 1.12 percent.
But you still weren't done. You had to similarly calculate these probabilities for when there were zero, one, two, etc., other solvers in the top 10 percent. If you added up all these distinct probabilities, you got the correct answer of approximately 65.13 percent. (Not too far off the earlier approximation of 63 percent!)
That was certainly a lot of work for an Express.
Solver Caio Ishizaka Costa of São Paulo, Brazil, found a shorter (dare I say, cleverer?) route to the solution using calculus. Suppose you were cleverer than a fraction p of Riddler Nation. You knew p was uniformly distributed between 0.9 and 1. Meanwhile, your chances of being the cleverest in the room were p9.
From there, you had to find the average value of this probability, p9. To find the average value of a continuous variable or expression, you can integrate its probability distribution. In other words, you had to integrate p9 from 0.9 to 1 — a definite integral that equaled (1−0.910)/10 — and then divide by the range of the integral, which was 0.1. Dividing by 0.1 was the same as multiplying by 10, which meant the probability was 1−0.910, or about 65.13 percent — the same result you got with the other approach!
To be fair, both of these approaches were quite clever. Therefore, in my estimation, everyone in Riddler Nation is in the top decile of cleverness. (Or, at the very least, more clever than average.)
Solution to last week's Riddler Classic
Congratulations to 👏 Michael DeLyser 👏 of State College, Pennsylvania, winner of last week's Riddler Classic.
Last week, you had four standard dice, and your goal was simple: Maximize the sum of your rolls. So you rolled all four dice at once, hoping to achieve a high score.
But wait, there was more! If you weren't happy with your roll, you could choose to reroll zero, one, two or three of the dice. In other words, you had to "freeze" one or more dice and set them aside, never to be rerolled.
You repeated this process with the remaining dice — you rolled them all and then froze at least one. You kept going until all the dice were frozen.
If you played strategically, what score did you expect to achieve on average?
To crack this Classic, Rohan Lewis solved versions of the puzzle with fewer dice to determine an optimal strategy with more dice. When rolling one die, you were equally likely to roll anywhere from a 1 to a 6, so your average score was 3.5.
Now suppose you were rolling two dice, which meant you had to freeze one or both. A quarter of the time they both came up 4 or more, in which case you'd freeze them both. (Otherwise, you would be rerolling for an average of 3.5, which was less than 4. And that would be a bad idea.) In this quartile of cases, your average score was a 10.
Half the time, one die was 4 or more, while the other die was 3 or less. In this case, you'd reroll the second die. The first die gave you an average score of 5, and the second gave you an average score of 3.5, for a total of 8.5.
Finally, the remaining quarter of the time both dice were 3 or less. Here, you'd freeze whichever was greater (or either one in the event of a tie) and reroll the other. One-ninth of the time both dice were 1, giving you a final average of 4.5; three-ninths of the time the greater die was 2, giving you a final average of 5.5; and five-ninths of the time the greater die was 3, giving you a final average of 6.5. So in this quartile, the overall average score was 107/18, or approximately 5.94.
Putting all these results together, the average score you could expect from rolling two dice was 593/72, or about 8.236.
As much work as it was to find the expected score for two dice, three dice were even hairier. On your first roll, you'd always freeze the greatest die (since you had to freeze at least one die). But then you had to look at the remaining two dice. As an illustration, suppose these two rolls were 5 and 3. You could freeze both of them and lock in their sum of 8. Or you could freeze the 5 and just reroll the 3, replacing it with an average score of 3.5, for a total average of 8.5. Or you could reroll both of them, which we just determined resulted in an average score of 8.236. Among these options (8, 8.5 and 8.236), 8.5 was the greatest, so you'd freeze the 5 and reroll the 3. However, if the dice had both been 4, you would have rerolled both of them.
Using this recursive strategy, solver Eric Dallal of Boston, Massachusetts, found the average score was approximately 13.42. And with four dice, the average score turned out to be about 18.84.
There was no lack of other creative strategies readers submitted, such as always freezing the largest die or freezing any die that exceeded some function of the number of dice remaining. Such strategies often gave average scores in excess of 17 or even 18, but they all fell short of the optimal strategy.
For extra credit, instead of starting four dice, you started with more — five dice, six dice and N dice. While the optimal strategy again called for maximizing the remaining expected score with every roll, solver Jonathan of Lane Cove, Australia, noted that it behaved much like the following heuristic:
Freeze every 6.
Avoid freezing 1, 2 and 3.
Reroll a 4 unless it is the only die you are rerolling.
Reroll each 5 early on, unless more than half of remaining dice are 5.
Anyway, with five dice, the average optimal score was about 24.436, and with six dice the average was about 30.152. At this point, you might have noticed that each time we added another die, the average score increased by almost 6.
This was no coincidence. Suppose you had many, many dice. On your first roll, a sixth of them would come up 6, and you'd freeze all of these. On your second roll, a sixth of the remaining dice would come up 6, and you'd freeze this group as well — and so on. As the number of dice went to infinity, the probability that any given die could be frozen after coming up 6 approached one.
And so, for N dice, the average score was a shade under 6N. Solver Emily Boyajian found an even better approximation: 6N − N/(0.13N+0.27).
If there's one thing I learned from all this, it was that any die that came up 6 was definitely a frozen asset.
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Zach Wissner-Gross leads development of math curriculum at Amplify Education and is FiveThirtyEight's Riddler editor. @xaqwg
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