jonp

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   "Trying stuff is cheaper than deciding whether to try it"(kottke.org)

   2 points by jonp 19y ago|0 comments
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   by jonp 19y ago

   Agreed. There's quite a diversity of solutions ranging from brute-force, through "computer science" optimisations, to clever mathematics. And as someone who had mainly programmed in various versions of Basic before it's been eye-opening to
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   by jonp 19y ago

   Not sure if it's the one albertcardona was referring to; but this sounds like Thomas Ray's Tierra simulator. Details at http://www.nis.atr.jp/~ray/pubs/tierra/tierrahtml.html From his abstract: "Digital organisms have been synthesized bas
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   by jonp 19y ago

   Or poormanatee to follow zach's adjective + animal line.