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by asynchrony 14y ago
In my opinion, up to a very, very high level, the importance of opening knowledge is vastly overrated. The two highest rated players in the world (Carlsen and Aronian, neither of them participating in this world championship match) frequent
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by asynchrony 14y ago
I've been following the match since it started and can't fathom what this has to do with hacker news. Though I can't help but mention that interested parties would be much better served by the coverage at chessbase than the dry 'game-score+
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by asynchrony 14y ago
Doesn't it seem slightly bizarre to claim entitlement to an entertainment product? At least as bizarre as lobbying a film maker/author into re-editing some content that was found wanting.
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by asynchrony 14y ago
If you haven't read it already, this paper is quite interesting with regards to supporting TCO in javascript (using trampolines as a last-resort). http://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/scheme2js/files/tfp2007.pdf
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by asynchrony 14y ago
I don't understand what you're trying to say. There's only one king, but both sides have 15 additional pieces. One extra pawn is often enough to win, and in the majority of games between competent players one side resigns long before an act
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by asynchrony 14y ago
There is fluidity to objectives during a game of chess between strong players. For example: inflicting/preventing weaknesses, seeking/avoiding favorable exchanges, occupying/closing important lines. Then all such long-term considerations su
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by asynchrony 14y ago
I find this adversarial personification of computers curious. Does the fact that computers can drive cars make driving unappealing? At any rate, the computer never "has a hard time" -- It's us poor humans that have been having a hard time
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by asynchrony 14y ago
I'm a fairly strong chess player (FIDE ELO 2325) and a much weaker go player (best rank around 5 kyu on internet sites). Chess is a very tactical game. There are many long term strategic concepts, but victory frequently goes to the alert ta
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by asynchrony 14y ago
In colloquial Japanese the "-nakerebanaranai" form is usually just abbreviated as "nakya". So a four-syllable equivalent to "I have to eat" would be "tabenakya".
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by asynchrony 15y ago
Since NaN != NaN you could also do (a === b) || ((a != a) && (b != b))
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by asynchrony 15y ago
-- Although I use the same library (mootools) on both server and client, I keep the code separate. -- So you really don't want to mix server-side and client-side code -- except when said code is useful both on the server and on the client?
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by asynchrony 15y ago
I meant that there is nothing about JS that prohibits writing pure functions and reaping all the associated benefits (formal reasoning, etc.)
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by asynchrony 15y ago
As a lisp (Scheme and Clojure) user who nonetheless takes issue with this statement: 1. Modern (JS) runtimes have JITs that can generate code almost as fast as C++. 2. You can write purely functional code in JS. 3. JS has arguably less fea
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by asynchrony 15y ago
I'm having a hard time understanding these objections. Suppose Dart is a new open-source language from Google for front-end web developers. Surely this wouldn't offend anyone. Now suppose they include a Dart->Javascript compiler with th
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by asynchrony 15y ago
There are more differences between steel-toed boots, sandals, and stiletto heels than just how warm they are. In modern times it is also rather rare to encounter individuals wearing togas and/or powdered wigs. I'm not convinced that fashion