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by heyitsnick 13y ago
Really hate it? Gabriel responded quickly and thoroughly on his forum: https://duck.co/topic/we-have-to-talk-about-ddgs-honesty
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
Isn't this the classic mistake of assuming "people" on the internet are a single homogeneous group? When Pebble had a kickstarter, a lot of proponents were vocal. Now its going into best-buy, those that are vocal are (a diffe
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
I'm not sure if you're being ironic because you answer your own question. A newspaper wants content that is different from its competitors. It takes little effort to "comb through the video" to grab another screenshot.
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World's largest building opens in China(edition.cnn.com)
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Inner workings of a top secret spy program(apps.washingtonpost.com)
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
Thanks for the reply, will certainly check it out.
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
First question i always have - what's the feed refresh frequency? For me (a journalist who needs keeps very close tabs on hundreds of sites), the only feed reader so far that's been of acceptable speed is Newsblur (i believe the r
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
I think they're just having fun and making light of a crappy situation.
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
That's a great story about Nelotsky, I hadn't heard that before. For those interested, these fake entries to catch copyright infringement are commonly referred to as "Mountweazels". They are common in maps (fake towns, r
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
That's exactly what the article says.
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
The sad irony out of all this is that if you are served with an NSL, you now are legally obligated to have something to hide . As Nicholas Merrill, writing anonymously in 2007 for the Washington Post [1] puts it: "Living under the gag
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrained_writing
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
Further to this, the Economist stopped publishing Argentina's consumer price index numbers in from INDEC in Feb 2012 numbers due to government involvement:: http://www.economist.com/node/21548242
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
Tangent question: Does anyone have tips on making demo videos like the one embedded here? Basically something like Camtasia, but with supports the fake-perspective shots that are used in parts.
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
French kisses - when you greet a friend, how many times do you kiss? http://24.media.tumblr.com/ea0ed4cd8ed84bd2d52b2b4d6e96caf7/... Survey where strict boundaries matching the provinces of France are found. The number of kisses varies fr
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
In Argentina, everyone kisses once on the cheek, including between men. Certainly a culture shock at first, put it avoids all the ambiguity in NA/Europe. Edit: I should say I only know that to be true in the BsA area. Not sure about other p
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
http://cuiltheory.wikidot.com/what-is-cuil-theory
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by heyitsnick 13y ago
Digression: That would be a single bluff. Bluff: Saying one thing, doing the opposite ("our passwords are really long" (actually, they are short). Double bluff: Saying one thing, and actually doing it, as everyone will assume we are bluffin
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
As I haven't seen an App.net thread on HN for a while, and i've never really "stumbled" across app.net status updates or mentions, a question to its users: how's it been? Has the community and ecosystem grown? Do you plan to maintain your s
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
Sounds more like a hotel search than a flight search.
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
[edit: Rereading your comment, I think we are talking cross-purposes. I'm talking about heads up games only. You said "Heads up, where there is an optimal strategy, is essentially solved," I replied that "this is wrong, although there is a
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
> If you're playing the Nash strategy and everyone else isn't, you can still lose. I'm not sure if we're talking in the same language here; you cannot lose (beyond your share of the rake) playing a GT strategy, regardless of what your
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
So here is poker theory in a very, very brief nutshell. One way to play is to (attempt to) play game theoretically, or more commonly (and less rigerously defined) "balanced". Your entire actions are defined in such that your opponent, even
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
As there's lots of misunderstanding in this thread, just wanted to explicitly +1 this. It's being downvoted, however it is entirely correct.
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
I think this is a common misconception with poker. Responding well to bluffing is easy; it's described mathematically by Game Theory. Psychology and "reading" betting patterns is only important if your goal is to maximally exploit your oppo
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
Chess players are switching to blitz/rapid chess. It dominates online on the main chess servers. For high level tournaments, they just need to ensure controlled environments so issues of cheating are minimized.
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
So just to be clear, I don't think researchers are actually close to "solving" the game. They are just much better than humans now, at least heads up, much like chess.
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
What does "easier game" mean, generally speaking? The game tree is much smaller, for sure, so it is more attractive for those looking to "solve" a (subset) of it. For a human to learn and become an expert winning player? I doubt it.
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
Well the UoA page you linked to is mostly about HU FL, not NL (Polaris, Hyperborian), but they have now expanded into NL and ring games too. I'm not sure on the theory-side how well they compare to humans; however i do know that cash game b
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by heyitsnick 14y ago
The bot you posted is almost certainly tougher than the best FL heads up players in the world now. I have been a professional player in the game for 5 years now, i'm not the best in the world, but i have discussed strategy with some of them

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