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by V-2 6y ago
Frankly, I wasn't aware of the 75-move rule! This indeed caps the length of possible games. The threefold repetition rule doesn't have an equivalent (there's no, say, "fivefold repetition" draw that could be enforce
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by V-2 6y ago
OK, so that's not a stalemate. A stalemate is a situation in which one of the players has no legal moves (but isn't in check, which would be checkmate). It's a typical mistake to equate chess draws with a stalemate, possibly
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by V-2 6y ago
Right, that would make more sense to me. Although it should be stressed that neither threefold repetition nor the 50-move rule work automatically. They need to be claimed by one of the players. If neither player does, the game can go on.
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by V-2 6y ago
I agree it's finite, but why do you think it's specifically owed to the stalemate rule, of all things?
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by V-2 6y ago
"This neural engine is a trick so that Stockfish does not have to simulate all 40 moves every game states." This optimization always done by chess engines, it's called pruning (they'd be quite crippled without it). M
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by V-2 6y ago
Not necessarily - it depends on the context and the argument. If I tell you that smoking leads to cancer, it's also a slippery slope type of argument: after all, having smoked 1, 100 or even a 1,000 cigarettes you'll still be fine
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by V-2 6y ago
"You can't yell fire in a crowded theater..." Is it a matter of free speech though? If you walk into a bank and say "load the bag with money, or I'll blow up the place", do you risk prosecution on the grounds
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by V-2 6y ago
Is "current perception" really common, or just what the loudest voices demand? And even if it is common, in my opinion the very idea of free speech is that it may go beyond the commonly held notions of acceptability. It seems kind
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by V-2 6y ago
Same with eg. multi-entry clipboard (although I still use a third party utility app for that out of habit).
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by V-2 6y ago
If I have never learned this entire set, I bet you that my mum won't learn it. Most users not only aren't power users - they have zero interest in becoming power users.
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by V-2 6y ago
I can't see a good reason to assume an alien civilization would be industrial to begin with, whatever discovery path might lead one there. And I don't even mean they could be underwater creatures etc., which is also a possibility.
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by V-2 6y ago
Flash is an example of an entire technology getting deprecated. The article only talks about the codebase level.
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by V-2 6y ago
Not 100% on that, but I think you can save these documents on Google Drive, and then they're treated (and synced) just like any other files.
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by V-2 6y ago
Whatever data I have backed up in the cloud is synced across multiple devices that I use. Even if the cloud disappeared altogether, I still have it. The cloud allows me to keep an up to date copy across various devices.
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by V-2 6y ago
My FOMA on Google+ intensifies...
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by V-2 6y ago
Perhaps the fonts and alignment are deliberately off so that they can be improved in subsequent parts of the cycle. I'm not exactly blown away by the palette either, though. Wording is sloppy, too ("into an email attachments"
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by V-2 6y ago
Except if I don't really find your explanation to be so simple, in which case it will feel even more so ;)
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by V-2 6y ago
Long live indeed, since iguanas are considered vulnerable to extinction. In fact, they already went extinct once on Santiago Island (one of the largest of the Galapagos) - they've been reintroduced by humans as part of a restoration pr
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by V-2 6y ago
Regarding the tiger - that's a fascinating story, but it's worth noting that the article stresses "it was anything but typical" and that "in living memory, there was no record of an incident like this" .
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by V-2 6y ago
High intelligence isn't just a blessing. There are serious evolutionary costs associated (such as, for one, longer childhood). Evolution patterns follow the adage "use it or lose it", so if a species doesn't show signs o
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by V-2 6y ago
How do you know it's not vice versa? :) Both pieces move. And when you castle on a real board, you're supposed to move the King first, then the Rook, so it is indeed vice versa, the King doesn't have to "jump". Be
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by V-2 6y ago
I get your point, but you also have to keep track of castling rights. If King or Rook have moved at any point (not necessarily on previous move), you can't castle even if they're in their starting position again.
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by V-2 6y ago
Depends on your definition. King and Rook sort of travel through eachother when castling.
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by V-2 6y ago
I also recall a science fiction take on the theme. It was a short story by Stanisław Lem. There's this mad scientist named Decantor, who killed / immortalized his wife by copying her mind onto an indestructible crystal. The consci
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by V-2 6y ago
I don't think such approach is fully consistent with scientific methodology. The abstract clearly presents the question as an alternative, not "the only remaining possibility", as you stated: "PH3 could originate from u
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by V-2 6y ago
The co-author (Janusz Petkowski) stated: > This means either this is life, or it’s some sort of physical or chemical process that we do not expect to happen on rocky planets. > We really went through all possible pathways that coul
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by V-2 6y ago
"Even being used in tournaments" is not exactly the same as "hugely popular" . There is some interest, and tournaments are played now and again, sure. However, it's nowhere near the popularity of classic chess, w
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by V-2 6y ago
Ad 2. Very true Ad 3. This abundance of draws (like #1) only becomes a problem at elite levels, too. Not to mention just because a game ends with a draw doesn't mean it's a dry and boring draw. A draw can be a fascinating back-and
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by V-2 6y ago
OK, I'll be the one to say it. Nostalgia aside, 99% of these skins make me think "why on Earth would anyone want an app they use to look like that??"
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by V-2 6y ago
I couldn't agree more. If you can't express it using the features of the language itself (custom domain-specific type, compile contracts?), limit yourself to putting this info into the docs, but keep naming simple. Don't come

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