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by pavelrub 11y ago
The branching factor of 9x9 Go isn't 75. 75 could be the factor in early game, but the average factor is somewhere between 40 and 50, versus 35 in chess. State-space complexity is also considerably higher in Chess than in 9x9 Go. Not s
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by pavelrub 11y ago
Well, I guess it was more true before the advent of Monte Carlo Tree Search. Even so, note that even in the case of MoGoTW in 2011, it played blind Go (this helps the computer), and out of 4 games, won two games against a 9p player, and l
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by pavelrub 11y ago
This doesn't seem to be the main reason why Go is harder than chess for computers. It was noted that even in 9x9 Go, with a comparable branching factor to Chess, traditional Go programs are still no stronger than on big boards. The mai
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by pavelrub 11y ago
AlphaGo has already played millions of games against AlphaGo during the reinforcement learning stage.
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by pavelrub 11y ago
> The almost total control of US Foreign policy ... Which US foreign policy decisions in the past 10 years were "controlled" by Israel? Sanctions on Russia? Missile defence system in Europe? North Korea? Relations with China? W
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by pavelrub 11y ago
> The US gets less than what Israel gets out of the relationship. That's like saying having a hamster is an unfair relationship because the hamster gets a lot more out of it than you do.
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by pavelrub 11y ago
> The reasonable thing to do with that information, would be to surveil them further, search their house, or arrest them. Not assassinate them without a trial. Which seems to be exactly the case. Ahmad Zaidan, for example, wasn't as
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by pavelrub 11y ago
> However we have no assurance that this tool was not used to generate kill targets without any human input. That's absurd. We also have no assurance that the NSA isn't communicating with aliens to generate kill lists of people
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Why Are American Colleges Obsessed with 'Leadership'?(theatlantic.com)
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Can Google Street View Images Predict Household Income?(theatlantic.com)
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When Ethical Hacking Can't Compete(theatlantic.com)
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by pavelrub 11y ago
This is one of the books that Elon Musk recommended ( http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/the-science-fiction-books-th... )
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Do We Look Fat in These Suburbs? (2014)(theatlantic.com)
9 points by pavelrub 11y ago|11 comments
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by pavelrub 11y ago
Materialism doesn't explain anything. Materialism isn't science, nor does it provide any scientific theories or models (in fact even Karl Popper was a dualist). Materilism is a metaphysical belief that paints a philosophical venee
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The Generation That Doesn't Remember Life Before Smartphones(popularmechanics.com)
2 points by pavelrub 11y ago|0 comments
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The Feynman Notebook Method(calnewport.com)
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by pavelrub 11y ago
Many apps do this. Instapaper, Pocket and others. Amazon even have their own "send to kindle" browser extension.
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Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill(technologyreview.com)
4 points by pavelrub 11y ago|6 comments
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by pavelrub 11y ago
If you can project it into an eye, why wouldn't you be able to project it into a camera?
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by pavelrub 11y ago
Why can't you use it with the screen reversed like [1]? [1] - http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styl...
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by pavelrub 11y ago
Who is "they"? You think somebody is forcing Musk to do those presentations? Elon Musk is the CEO. He does the presentations himself because that's his decision and that's what he wants.
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by pavelrub 11y ago
Only this wasn't their goal at all. The goal was to enable easy access to the back seats, which is something all modern SUVs lack.
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by pavelrub 11y ago
Nice! This book is modeled after the The Princeton Companion to Mathematics [1] which is simply awesome in every sense of the word, and extremely recommended for any person who is interested in mathematics. I'm very glad to see more bo
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by pavelrub 11y ago
After all the talk about reproducibility problems in psychological studies, and especially after reading examples such as the following from [1]: > A while ago, Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg published a famous priming study showing th
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Linden Lab Invites First Virtual Experience Creators to Project Sansar Testing(lindenlab.com)
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Enigma – The German Cipher Machine(matematiksider.dk)
1 points by pavelrub 12y ago|0 comments
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On Math, Matter and Mind (2005) [pdf](arxiv.org)
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Is Moon Mining Economically Feasible?(space.com)
3 points by pavelrub 12y ago|0 comments
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by pavelrub 12y ago
From Musk's AMA on reddit: Q: Previously, you've stated that you estimate a 50% probability of success with the attempted landing on the automated spaceport drone ship tomorrow. Can you discuss the factors that were considered to
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by pavelrub 12y ago
Expected launch timeline: T-0:00:00: Liftoff T+0:01:10: Mach 1 T+0:01:23: Max Q (maximum aerodynamic pressure) T+0:02:37: MECO (main engine cutoff) T+0:02:41: Stage 1 Separation T+0:02:49: Stage 2 Ignition T+0:03:29: Nose Cone Jettison T+0:

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