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by qq66 2y ago
The other piece of context that's worth noting is that Carlsen is not as good as he used to be (he's still the best player in the world, but not by as big of a margin as he was 5-10 years ago) and that he seems to getting increasi
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by qq66 2y ago
Playing a chess bot that works this way feels like playing a Magnus Carlsen who's trying to let you win.
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by qq66 2y ago
That's kind of what they do for "training" bots and it produces something which plays NOTHING like a 1300-rated human.
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by qq66 2y ago
He's not "getting started," it's just that he's finished his first marathon while most 18-year-olds are just tying their shoes for their first jog
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by qq66 2y ago
Magnus is bored of classical chess and doesn't want to spend 6 months every two years preparing for classical games against one opponent.
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by qq66 2y ago
Not in chess, where the (by far) most likely outcome of a world championship classical game is a draw. When Magnus Carlsen played Fabiano Caruana for the world championship, EVERY classical game was a draw and they had to go to tiebreaks, w
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by qq66 2y ago
Making a computer play like a 1300-rated human is harder than making a computer beat Magnus Carlsen.
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by qq66 2y ago
The problem with starting with a 555 timer is that the things you can make with a 555 timer aren’t impressive to kids anymore. Oh, you made a sound that gets higher pitched when there’s more light on it? I thought that shit was amazing when
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by qq66 2y ago
This isn’t a community of people interested in playing casual mobile games. Their interest in playing this game can be assumed to be low. The author is trying to have a discussion about the game and might get more interesting feedback from
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by qq66 2y ago
> companies in the early stage ignore i10n completely and then eventually realize it's going to be a huge lift to retroactively support it That's the correct thing to do. When you're first building a product you're tr
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by qq66 2y ago
I definitely don't think babies should have iPads or preteens Instagram, but I believe that technology can be great for childhood because I had a computer from age 4, in 1987, and it was great for me. I learned how to program, I wrote
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by qq66 2y ago
Supabase is one.
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by qq66 2y ago
He won't be starting such a fund for awhile, because the two of us are building company to make technology to foster a creative and curious childhood. We would be a good fit for any investors trying to do (3) though :) https:/&#x
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by qq66 2y ago
If the king is trapped he eats the highest-scoring neighboring piece and takes its spot.
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by qq66 2y ago
YC created a path for 20-year-olds with no work experience to raise money for a company (and sometimes become billionaires). That requires low capital investment because the founders are completely unproven. Hardware startups are run by peo
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by qq66 2y ago
It was well-known to people who cared about this (i.e., anyone who would read this recap) that this was Alex Morgan's last game. If ESPN can't capture this and incorporate it into their piece, given their wide reach in sports medi
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by qq66 2y ago
Your eyes are a "wide angle lens." Scratches on wide angle lenses are also very noticeable
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by qq66 2y ago
I want frictionless communication with the people I've already communicated with, but very high friction communication with people I've never talked to before. I'd love a way to charge $10 to get into my inbox. If it ends up
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by qq66 2y ago
Corey - I'm starting a new children's computing company and I've literally shown my old Print Shop creations to investors when explaining what we're doing. Would love to tell you more about what we're building -- we
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by qq66 2y ago
Many people would rather give something they made than something they bought. Even if "making" means choosing the fonts and border, it still feels like a labor of love than a simple Hallmark card would.
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by qq66 2y ago
David, I consumed a huge amount of dot matrix printer in my elementary school with Print Shop, making every kind of card and banner you can imagine. 30 years later I am starting a company to reimagine technology's role in childhood. In
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by qq66 2y ago
Depends really on what you're doing. If you're just using a Macbook to watch Netflix you don't need any cables but if you're messing around with even moderately old or specialized hardware you'll find yourself needi
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by qq66 2y ago
And in fact PowerPoint is Turing Complete and you can implement some basic programs in PowerPoint.
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by qq66 2y ago
Apartments are more useful assets to own than storage units.
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by qq66 2y ago
Do you think that receiving this diagnosis increased or decreased your happiness?
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by qq66 2y ago
They don't seem to understand the problem. If they link you to a website that tells you to eat a rock, whatever. If they put their brand on that with an AI Overview, that's a problem.
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by qq66 2y ago
I've tried it and it's extraordinary. Is it worth it, at this price, to you? That's something only you can answer. But it's unlike anything you've ever seen. I agree that it needs to be seen to be understood and hop
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by qq66 2y ago
I thought I was starting to figure it out then I selected "toad" and was told it was a "toad-skinned frog" FML
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by qq66 2y ago
Worth noting that this is preferred stock so the investor will get their money back if Vercel sells for anything more than $250m.
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by qq66 2y ago
Doesn't have to be smart to be dangerous. The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was just a big rock.

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