11-18-2017 01:42 AM
#24601
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11-18-2017 12:37 PM
#24602
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Sorry I had a fair amount to drink before posting that, obviously you can't do it & it was silly to attempt. |
11-18-2017 01:32 PM
#24603
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lol |
11-18-2017 02:57 PM
#24604
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People are limited by their intelligence but realistically practise is the important thing. Lots of kids who think they are good at things don't realise they aren't particularly talented but have just spent a lot of time doing something that most kids haven't. |
11-18-2017 03:38 PM
#24605
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11-18-2017 06:17 PM
#24606
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I think we'll always enjoy doing things we're good at. That can start from a natural ability or something we develop really early on and then we improve with practice, enjoy it more, etc. | |
11-19-2017 08:53 AM
#24607
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The thing is you were never that good at chess or maths. You may have been excellent at both given your age/time spent on them but when the cap is that low it's hardly impressive. I don't mean that nastily btw it's just what most people trick themselves into thinking hence they want to believe it's mostly talent. |
Last edited by Savy; 11-19-2017 at 09:01 AM. | |
11-19-2017 01:47 PM
#24608
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11-19-2017 02:45 PM
#24609
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im good at mental arithmetic by now. took a ton of practice. |
11-20-2017 09:07 AM
#24610
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"id probably have to redo all previous math through the definitions/proofs lens in order to have a clue about what's going on in linear algebra." | |
11-20-2017 09:08 AM
#24611
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11-20-2017 10:25 AM
#24612
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Most people either can't or wont make the time to ask themselves, "Why don't I feel more uncomfortable about the stability and coherence of my various world views?" | |
11-20-2017 01:30 PM
#24613
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Ah, the Nature vs. Nurture debate has found a new home. | |
Last edited by Poopadoop; 11-20-2017 at 01:32 PM. | |
11-20-2017 05:13 PM
#24614
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You know you've been an FTR member for too long when you're at a company meeting, presented with this clip and immediately think of the commune. Any wisdom and truth in here? | |
11-20-2017 06:41 PM
#24615
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I think he's right about the market, but wrong that humans acquire and express their values in the market. | |
11-20-2017 08:53 PM
#24616
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11-20-2017 08:53 PM
#24617
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Your comments on linear algebra are very good btw |
11-20-2017 09:03 PM
#24618
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11-20-2017 09:14 PM
#24619
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If you would like me to comment on the rest of the video, I certainly can. |
11-20-2017 09:31 PM
#24620
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11-20-2017 11:41 PM
#24621
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You're joking, right? About markets and responsibility? 'Cause all I see around me are businesses trying to sell me less than what I think they are, by using clever wordplay and imagery to mislead me in my thinking. | |
11-21-2017 12:40 AM
#24622
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Those elements of irresponsibility arise normally regardless of market competition. |
11-21-2017 04:45 AM
#24623
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Pfft saying Kasparov's name in the same breath as Einstein. | |
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11-21-2017 04:48 AM
#24624
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Next time you want to pull a chess player's name out, try Tal or Fischer. Or even Alekhine, but only in type because that name is a fucker to pronounce correctly. | |
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11-21-2017 09:21 AM
#24625
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11-21-2017 09:43 AM
#24626
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- She was 17 and had been a grandmaster for two years at this point | |
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11-21-2017 10:19 AM
#24627
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11-21-2017 10:27 AM
#24628
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Also Kasparov is a dick for a multitude of other reasons but that's the one that grinds me the most. Judit Polgar is the only woman who ever truly mixed it with the men in chess. Her sisters to a lesser extent of course, and there's a few others, but she was a legit top ten player. World class. It's a shame someone of Kasparov's stature didn't show her more respect. | |
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11-21-2017 12:15 PM
#24629
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"I bet you're correcting me after googling, not from memory." | |
11-21-2017 12:39 PM
#24630
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I think the point is that he would only use google if he sought to refute Ong's statement. Otherwise, why not just use Ong's statement as the basis of an informed opinion? |
11-21-2017 01:07 PM
#24631
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11-21-2017 01:09 PM
#24632
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wait I'm arguing with luco not savy. | |
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11-21-2017 01:10 PM
#24633
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You know it only just occured to me that maybe luco and savy are the same guy. | |
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11-21-2017 01:16 PM
#24634
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11-21-2017 01:19 PM
#24635
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11-21-2017 01:22 PM
#24636
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11-21-2017 01:49 PM
#24637
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I mean obv I don't know, never met either of them. But from what I can tell, Fischer was a different kind of wanker. He was socially awkward and hated the politicial environment his battles with Russians players inevitably created. I'm unaware of examples of him being downright mean to gifted youngsters, although he might have been. | |
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11-21-2017 01:50 PM
#24638
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I do have one Kasparov book though. | |
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11-21-2017 02:29 PM
#24639
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Freeing markets has been tried many times and the results are spectacular. |
11-21-2017 02:56 PM
#24640
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@wuf: I can't continue if you're not going to read what I'm saying. Your last 2 posts have been complete non-sequiturs in the conversation. | |
11-21-2017 04:00 PM
#24641
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I'd be more likely to be Luco if I wasn't spoon. |
11-21-2017 04:18 PM
#24642
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That's exactly what JKDS would say. | |
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11-21-2017 04:26 PM
#24643
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11-22-2017 05:03 AM
#24644
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11-22-2017 03:12 PM
#24645
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Thanks for the comments on the link I provided. All good stuff. I like the way the guy talks, but the content didn't sit that well with being an Econ major (albeit I'm not wholly anti-government intervention, but that debate doesn't need to be restarted). | |
11-22-2017 03:14 PM
#24646
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If any from the US is reading this and has experience with SAFEs (simple agreement for equity - popular for raising capital for Silicon Valley start ups), could they reply in this thread pls and allow me to PM them? | |
11-23-2017 04:09 PM
#24647
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At the SXM airport | |
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12-02-2017 11:00 AM
#24648
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12-02-2017 05:13 PM
#24649
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^^If I were to look at only one thing, that is what I would see. |
12-07-2017 06:14 PM
#24650
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I am surrounded by morons. | |
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12-08-2017 08:30 AM
#24651
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Monalisa Perez did it better. I'm always amazed what people think is safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oze6dT41FS4 This is a kickstarter. They're selling surface air supply as consumer equipment. What could possibly go wrong... | |
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12-09-2017 09:52 PM
#24652
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The internet does not forget: http://www.homecrux.com/2017/02/20/6...ty-bunker.html | |
12-10-2017 12:24 PM
#24653
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12-10-2017 01:37 PM
#24654
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Just watched another of these games. As black, AZ twice does that repeat thing where it allows the position to repeat before opting for a different move, in one case the position repeated twice. It's like AZ is toying with SF. Why allow the position to repeat twice before declining the draw and pushing on? | |
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12-10-2017 01:40 PM
#24655
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I guess it could be using time to analyse the position deeper. That makes some sense. | |
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12-11-2017 08:52 AM
#24656
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I've done a lot of work with chess engines in the past. Often what happens is that the engine doesn't consider the possibility of drawing the game until the position has been repeated twice already, and it will only accept a draw if it's at a disadvantage in the position. So consider you have three moves with the following evaluations as white: | |
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12-11-2017 08:52 AM
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I've done a lot of work with chess engines in the past. Often what happens is that the engine doesn't consider the possibility of drawing the game until the position has been repeated twice already, and it will only accept a draw if it's at a disadvantage in the position. So consider you have three moves with the following evaluations as white: | |
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12-11-2017 09:24 AM
#24658
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Ong prefers to live in a world where computers just like to fuck with each other. | |
12-11-2017 10:40 AM
#24659
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12-11-2017 10:50 AM
#24660
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Imo it's fake, inside job to raise google shares. |
12-11-2017 01:07 PM
#24661
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I'm pretty sure spoonitnow has struck on the crux of the answer, ong. | |
12-11-2017 01:11 PM
#24662
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4niz8TfY794 | |
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12-11-2017 03:32 PM
#24663
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I don't know what I was expecting, but ViHart's back catalog wasn't it. | |
12-11-2017 05:06 PM
#24664
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12-11-2017 08:03 PM
#24665
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It adds analyzed positions on top of the ones it already analyzed for that position because of its cache, so and that can change the evaluation of the moves as well. Example: | |
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12-11-2017 08:41 PM
#24666
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So what I said. |
12-12-2017 09:25 AM
#24667
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12-12-2017 10:28 AM
#24668
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I've been thinking this through quite a lot while smoking, and I appreciate your opinions. I'd just like to say you're all full of shit. Alpha Zero had developed a sense of humour and is fucking with Stockfish for no reason other than it's funny to make humans question its motive. | |
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12-12-2017 01:23 PM
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12-12-2017 01:32 PM
#24670
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The fun part is we don't know what it learned from that (though it prolly learned how to evaluate positions). | |
12-12-2017 03:11 PM
#24671
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Fact of the day - when one say's "I'm not triggered" it generally means "I'm triggered". | |
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12-13-2017 04:36 AM
#24672
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My understanding is that it essentially starts off with a basic sort of function to evaluate, and then it estimates the relative value of the different elements of the game by playing itself over and over and observing how each element correlates to results. In this way, it could eventually approximate the value of a bishop as being around three pawns (or whatever amount) without having to be told to do that. It will still make evaluations on its own, but what makes it different is that it's not being told rules for what to score different elements of a position ahead of time. Instead, and the part that's so interesting from a computational standpoint, is that it's incredibly efficient at figuring out those rules for itself on a much more accurate level than humans do. | |
Last edited by spoonitnow; 12-13-2017 at 04:43 AM. | |
12-13-2017 04:41 AM
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12-13-2017 04:59 AM
#24674
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I was listening to an old podcast/radio show type of thing earlier today, and this guy asked a very good question from a philosophical (and biological) standpoint: Why do women suck? What is it about women that innately just makes almost anything they do completely uninteresting? | |
Last edited by spoonitnow; 12-13-2017 at 05:05 AM. | |
12-13-2017 09:38 AM
#24675
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