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by aamar 13y ago
In a one-player game, you can write a competent, consistent computer player. Then use the standard deviation in performance of that bot over many runs as a measure of chance in the game. In a multiplayer game, write a skilled/optimum p
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by aamar 13y ago
Agreed. I was considering a "game" of poker to be a series of hands sufficient to determine a winner, for example, a freeze-out tournament, where hands are played until every player but one loses all their chips. Reportedly, skill
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by aamar 13y ago
Not at all; it depends on how strong the effects of chance are. Poker is typically played in a way (ante amounts, etc.) that gives skilled players a meaningful but not overwhelming advantage. Single-player games, even those with random elem
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by aamar 13y ago
Is loneliness the immediate problem? Or is it a failure of an anticipated solution to a different problem?
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by aamar 13y ago
I could make a lot more money by manipulating the information in the marketplace, creating volatility in the prices of the prediction bets, capitalizing on each fluctuation, while still holding some inventory in the correct outcome. And o
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by aamar 13y ago
I agree! Apologies if I was confusing on that point. Though I do suspect the states should license more MDs and provide more ability for PAs & NPs to practice without direct supervision. I do very much believe more consumer choice for n
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by aamar 13y ago
I'm in much agreement with your initial point (that free markets allow for price-fixing), but you're getting a lot of comments here because you overstate your case! There's nothing peculiar about medical supplies that make th
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by aamar 13y ago
It's not just that it was discovered to be more profitable in the abstract. Technology changes are a big factor too. Since TV achieved widespread penetration, movies have had to promise something new: either visual spectacle, something
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by aamar 13y ago
For those that faintly recognize the author's name... this piece was written by Jonah Lehrer, whose writings were later discredited for a combination of plagiarism, inaccuracy, and methodological weakness. Interestingly, in the ensuing
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by aamar 13y ago
Although you address a legitimate question--how the safety net affects the unemployment market, your description of U.S. Healthcare is largely inaccurate and worth clearing up. Since the 1980's every state in the U.S. has offered a Med
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by aamar 13y ago
Thank you for the correction; apologies for my error.
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by aamar 13y ago
That's a triple-planet system. Presumably millerm's asking about stable-orbit, habitable-zone planets in a multiple-star system, like Kepler 47: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120829
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by aamar 13y ago
288 Yea votes. They're very close to 290, which would be enough to override a veto. Even if it doesn't come to that, a credible veto threat is often enough to get the President to sign the thing. So bending even a few votes in either direct
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by aamar 14y ago
Would appreciate a link to information about executives whose name is on memos ordering the fraudulent practice. I understand that there is evidence of fraudulent mortgages, and executives involved in risky financial behavior, but I am not
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by aamar 14y ago
I'm going to try out "mapping" -- good suggestion.
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by aamar 14y ago
Sadly "map" is also the name of the critical "map" function which operates on lists. Maybe with an indefinite article ("a map") it's clear enough.
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by aamar 14y ago
> Rigid hierarchy is generally not how the human mind works... Jeff's sneaking a lot into the qualifier "rigid" here. The human mind loves hierarchies of many sorts, but most when the hierarchy is based on the context. For example: hous
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by aamar 14y ago
The theory does accord with the last several general elections, but it doesn't seem to accord with primaries. For example, Herman Cain, Howard Dean, and Mike Huckabee all lost out to less charismatic candidates. Since primaries are now deci
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by aamar 14y ago
CNN and a few others have been doing this in recent cycles, though maybe their presentation could be improved upon. They do seem to emphasize the raw numbers on-air though. On this topic, a mirror of the Sec.-of-State result pages might be
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by aamar 14y ago
Good point, but people also need to understand the explanation, and they have to believe the change of mind is genuine and that x, y, and z are the genuine reasons (as opposed to some other contingent or craven reason) for the switch. For e
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by aamar 14y ago
A little more context for the quote: We all knew one of the commonsense edicts of Hollywood is “never invest in your own movie." But I did it anyway. -- Garry Marshall, My Happy Days in Hollywood [1] A few of the many well-known movies th
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by aamar 14y ago
Look like humpback whales. Unlikely to be a reference, but it did remind me of the whale sequence from the second Fantasia movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZeT07rqlU
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by aamar 14y ago
The hardware buttons are better in my experience. Even after months of practice with the touchscreen, I find that one out of every 10 or so page turns I get a response different from my intention: the page turns in the wrong direction, turn
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by aamar 14y ago
He has a solid command of English. I was in his (very difficult) class several years back. He was maybe a little quirky, but he was not a crackpot. Not surprised to see his name on something--potentially--big like this.
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by aamar 14y ago
Los Angeles (Central LA): seeking developers. Unfold's mission is to help people everywhere understand any issue of public debate. We use primarily Clojure but welcome strong, entrepreneurial developers of all sorts. Some functional experie
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by aamar 14y ago
Please do write about it. I'm pretty interested in this space as well, and I'd love to hear some other people's real-life use cases. A couple dangers with "track everything" apps: (A) the app may track nothing well , and (B) it may be exce
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by aamar 14y ago
I as a user would like to tell you my insurance info and tell you what procedure I want and you tell me the best/cheapest location to get that done. This is offered by Castlight Health (www.castlighthealth.com), where I used to work. Thou
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by aamar 14y ago
Los Angeles, CA Seeking Generalist Developers | Machine Learning folks Unfold is developing a news aggregator that focuses on predictions, analysis, and opinions expressed online, in TV. Our stack is primarily Clojure, CoffeeScript, CouchDB
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by aamar 14y ago
> Just how do you think ships (and airplanes while over water) navigated before GPS? All the astronomy needed for navigation was completed in prehistoric times, as far as I know. Modern astronomy, I think, has nothing to contribute. &#6
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by aamar 14y ago
But there are reams of math and many fields of science (astronomy, paleontology) that have no practical utility. It's quite easy to find this sort of material in any university, in books, etc. While I won't directly take on your social sign

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