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   by pncnmnp 1y ago

   To add to this thread, here's how Lichess generates chess puzzles - https://github.com/ornicar/lichess-puzzler
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   Charles Babbage and deciphering codes (1864)(mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk)

   28 points by pncnmnp 1y ago|2 comments
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   Harry Potter and the Anatomy of a Speedrun (2024)(blog.alexbeals.com)

   2 points by pncnmnp 1y ago|0 comments
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   by pncnmnp 1y ago

   Regarding the intersection takeoff, Flightradar24 just tweeted this: > We are continuing to process data from receiver sources individually. Additional processing confirms #AI171 departed using the full length of Runway 23 at Ahmedabad.
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   by pncnmnp 1y ago

   I was thinking the same thing! I've been working with some TTS applications, such as real-time commentary for Pong and personalized radio stations. I might give this a try, it sounds fun.
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   3D Simulation of the Bombe Machine(bombe.virtualcolossus.co.uk)

   30 points by pncnmnp 1y ago|5 comments
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   by pncnmnp 1y ago

   Absolutely! I can elaborate on that part. The code starts by simulating 15 tournament years (like from 2010 to 2024), with each year containing 4 grand slam tournaments - held in a knockout format. There are 64 players in the pool, all star
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   by pncnmnp 1y ago

   Hehehe! I love Jelle's Marble Runs - long-time subscriber. John Oliver introduced me to it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4gBMw64aqk
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   by pncnmnp 1y ago

   Author here. I agree with you - the number of metrics I can experiment with in Pong is limited. Chess and Go are next for me. Overall, the simplicity of this project has helped me test the waters before diving into more complex territories.
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    by pncnmnp 1y ago

    Author here. TTS and script generation can be a bit of an overhead for now, which is why I've worked with metric aggregates - 30+ bounces rather than exactly 33, for example. For this game, one might ideally want this overhead to be le
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    Show HN: I taught AI to commentate Pong in real time(github.com)

    207 points by pncnmnp 1y ago|52 comments
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    Does anyone remember the floppy disk punch/notcher? (2019)(webcommand.net)

    2 points by pncnmnp 1y ago|0 comments
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    How a Mosquito Operates(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|1 comments
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    Apocrypha Redux (2008)(quipu-strands.blogspot.com)

    2 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|0 comments
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    The IBM 650: An appreciation from the field (1986) [pdf](ed-thelen.org)

    54 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|20 comments
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    An Afternoon with SMT, Trim, and Smart(pncnmnp.github.io)

    1 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|0 comments
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    Why is my CPU usage always 100%?(downtowndougbrown.com)

    537 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|143 comments
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    by pncnmnp 2y ago

    > I have wondered whatever became of that massive initiative from Google to scan books, and whether that might be looked at as a potential training source, giving that Google has run into legal limitations on other forms of usage. A few
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    by pncnmnp 2y ago

    > The average centipawn loss shows a very slight advantage (less than 1 centipawn) for Gukesh. This connects well with the accuracy metric we got, which showed a negligible advantage for Gukesh. As I understand, for average centipawn los
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    Tinker Postman Collector Scribe(pncnmnp.github.io)

    2 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|0 comments
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    Creativity and Competition: The Beatles (2006) [pdf](researchgate.net)

    2 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|0 comments
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    The DNA Data Storage Model (2023) [pdf](ieeexplore.ieee.org)

    1 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|0 comments
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    by pncnmnp 2y ago

    I just learned that he passed away on October 15, 2024. I could not find any HN posts about this, so I’m sharing it here a bit late.
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    E. Allen Emerson has died(dl.acm.org)

    1 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|1 comments
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    by pncnmnp 2y ago

    Nice article! I am about to reach the five-year mark of blogging ( https://pncnmnp.github.io/blog.html ) - I started during my second year as an undergraduate. Over the years, I've seen that: * Keeping the blogging stack
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    The Mystery of the AFIPS Orphans (2006) [pdf](archive.computerhistory.org)

    15 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|2 comments
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    by pncnmnp 2y ago

    Absolutely! For inspiration on how roaring bitmaps can be used in practice, check out https://roaringbitmap.org/ . The blog post is part of a book I am writing on obscure data structures ( https://pncnmnp.github.io
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    by pncnmnp 2y ago

    Hey everyone, if you're looking for a more approachable guide on bitmap compression, I wrote a blog post on it this year: https://pncnmnp.github.io/blogs/roaring-bitmaps.html . It covers run-length encoding, BBC, W
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    Gadsby: Wikip_dia's Lost Lipogram (2015) [pdf](core.ac.uk)

    9 points by pncnmnp 2y ago|0 comments
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    by pncnmnp 2y ago

    Looks super neat! I've had a longtime dream of working on a similar project, but I want to make it "Daily Prophet" styled, inspired by the Harry Potter series - https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Daily_P