save outputs, tweak num samples & output width

main.go

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func printElectoralCollegeHistogram(samples []int) {
 
 	cp := 0.0
 	for i, count := range histogram {
-		bar_length := (count * 75) / max_count // Assuming max_count bar length is 50 characters
+		bar_length := (count * 100) / max_count // Assuming max_count bar length is 50 characters. 75.
 		p := float64(count) / float64(len(samples)) * 100
 		cp += p
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	n_sims := 100_000
+	n_sims := 1_000_000
 
 	printStates(states)
 	fmt.Printf("\n\n")

makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 run:
 	go run main.go
 
+save:
+	go run main.go > "out/output-$$(date +"%Y-%m-%d").txt"
+
 polls:
 	mkdir -p data/polls 
 	rm data/polls/president_polls.csv