cven714

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by cven714 12y ago
For me it comes from decision paralysis. "I should finally go through a Haskell tutorial! Well wait, there's still so much I should learn about python. I should build something with it. Maybe a simple web site, I already have
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by cven714 12y ago
Reminds me of not pr0n ( http://deathball.net/notpron/notpron.htm ), except I'm able to make progress!
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by cven714 12y ago
Back when Diablo III had a real money market, someone gained access to my account and locked me out. I hadn't played in a while, so they could have been using my character for a month or two. I worked with Blizzard to regain my accou
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by cven714 12y ago
Yep, working great now!
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by cven714 12y ago
Something seems amiss with their 'Play' page ( http://gosu-lang.github.io/play.html ). The Hello World template printed 'gosu' hundreds of times.
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by cven714 12y ago
I expected to hear a lot of shouting over the radio.
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by cven714 12y ago
My fathers specialty was alfalfa, and he made a good thing out of not growing any. The government paid him well for every bushel of alfalfa he did not grow. The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he sp
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by cven714 12y ago
I believe chesstempo.com and chess.emrald.net generates their problems this way, or something similar. Decent results.
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by cven714 12y ago
I feel silly for expecting this to be about the languages.
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by cven714 12y ago
> Are chess engines still trying to play against humans in an interesting way? (I understand they beat human players, but that people feel computers play in dull ways). Depends on what you mean by dull. Computers play so well that it te
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by cven714 12y ago
It's something chess players study. Check out database.chessbase.com
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by cven714 12y ago
This is true, but I think there are many more case 2s where rather than an entire line being refuted in a single blow, gradually one side was able to find antidotes and the line stopped being a good practical choice. The Vienna is an examp
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by cven714 12y ago
Chess opening trends are like fashion--some high profile player(s), always on the search for new ideas, finds a resource in an unpopular line and suddenly it's all the rage. Everyone is playing it, working out the complications, findi
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by cven714 12y ago
You wouldn't want someone who lost all of their games and someone who drew all of their games to have the same number of points in a tournament, for an example of why draws are 1/2. Not that it matters for who wins more often, as
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by cven714 13y ago
Why couldn't you have posted this two months ago before I spent $1200 on a mattress? Great site, especially the emphasis on Truth and Honesty. Very enticing.
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by cven714 13y ago
chess.com is OK, ICC (chessclub.com) is where its at, but has a subscription fee.