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TomatoTomato··on Chess World Championship: Stockfish live-analyzing game 7
You can estimate pretty well even on average hardware by keeping the same 875x ratio using time odds. However, what is a fair comparison to either side depends on who you ask.
TomatoTomato··on Chess World Championship: Stockfish live-analyzing game 7
Opening book I agree, but tablebases are definitely not human knowledge. They are a bruteforced database of every possible position, or in essence a precomputed position. Put simply, giving a massive time advantage to the user during the late middle and endgame.

So if A0 wasn't built to access them, but stockfish did in the match, then that would be an unfair advantage.

TomatoTomato··on Chess World Championship: Stockfish live-analyzing game 7
So, 70 million nps or about ~3x 2950x threadrippers [2] is relatively weak cpu compared to 80 thousand nps or approximately 2x 2080tis [3] for Alphazero?

> AlphaZero compensates for the lower number of evaluations by using its deep neural network to focus much more selectively on the most promising variation [1]

Even if you compare CPU to GPU by price, and not speed, it seems pretty even. It clearly has to sacrifice speed by making more intelligent pruning decisions than stockfish.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaZero#AlphaZero_vs._Stockf...

2: https://sites.google.com/site/computerschess/stockfish9-benc...

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/9jyts8/rtx_2080_t...

TomatoTomato··on Chess World Championship: Stockfish live-analyzing game 7
The A0 vs Stockfish 8 match also didn't use endgame tablebases.
TomatoTomato··on Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’s Not So Simple
Governments don't mandate working hours either.
TomatoTomato··on Apple Watch 3
I'm still waiting for my Zune to get macOS compatibility.
TomatoTomato··on EasyDNS refuses to host The DailyStormer domain
There's a big difference between the right to free speech and the principle of free speech.

Easydns has chosen to follow the Non-aggression principle which is a limited free speech moral stance.

https://www.easydns.com/terms-of-service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle

OP simply wants to support those who truly believe in free speech. Not one who, in OPs opinion, has simply crowned themselves as free speech champions until pressured.

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aeasydns.com+free+spee...

TomatoTomato··on Debian 9 Stretch released
Serious question...

Can't you make the same argument against using stable for the same reason?

> If something breaks, it will stay broken for quite a long time until the fix makes it out of unstable [and testing].

TomatoTomato··on Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in private group chat
There's a big difference between the right to free speech and the principle of free speech. Most especially when it comes to academia.
TomatoTomato··on JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X
Does syntax standardization have to necessarily equate to implantation standardization?
TomatoTomato··on Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/11/01/which-u...
TomatoTomato··on Super-insulated clothing could eliminate need for indoor heating
I wonder if the reflective properties make it unsuitable for 4-season home insulation. During the summer months wouldn't that keep too much heat inside?
TomatoTomato··on Super-insulated clothing could eliminate need for indoor heating
It would be awesome to have lightweight, super reflective materials for socks, gloves, jackets, and base layers. But, eliminating indoor heating is clearly ridiculous. Although, reducing the thermostat several degrees while remaining comfortable is certainly a reachable goal.
TomatoTomato··on Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640
Just change the refresh to 24Hz. Many modern video players will do this for you when you initiate full-screen mode.
TomatoTomato··on Visualisation of the expansion of IKEA
Edit2: Problem is with duplicate/wrong lat-long data attributes. Same issue with Heerlen/Haarlem and Boston (Stoughton)/Southampton.

Edit3: London (Wembley), Hamburg (Schnelsen), Milan (Carugate), Beijing (Chao Yang), St. Peterburg (Parnas), Ulm, and Samara aren't working at all as well.

TomatoTomato··on Visualisation of the expansion of IKEA
Washington DC (Woodbridge) store point is placed in Michigan

Edit: and when you go backwards past/before Detroit, it removes both Detroit and the Woodbridge points

TomatoTomato··on Realistic rain drops in JS
It resolves the overlap, but doesn't combine the drops into a larger single drop.
TomatoTomato··on AngularStrap v2.0
From the other side, in a recent Javascript Jabber podcast with Dean Sofer (Feb 7th, 2014), around 16 minutes in they discuss the difference

Edit: Link => http://javascriptjabber.com/095-jsj-angularui-with-dean-sofe...

TomatoTomato··on Where do Github users live? WebGL visualization
Probably an easier solution, but I edited globe.js in the JS Console to use one with the state borders[1] that I found found used on another globe

[1]: https://s3.amazonaws.com/SocialHarvest/world.jpg

TomatoTomato··on Where do Github users live? WebGL visualization
With the state boarders.... Seems pretty close:

http://i.imgur.com/cGuetKg.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_contig...

TomatoTomato··on The one HR benefit every startup should add
Number of people is actually not as big a factor as it is made out to be. For major medical and certain supplemental health like dental, there is a load for small groups, but it isn't very much. The risk is certainly higher, but one large claim can make a group's loss ratio beyond what can be recovered, so the additional premium has to be spread across the small group category. The biggest factor which is often overlooked is that the insured is "actively at work" which lowers the potential risk, because working people are healthier and the insurance company can add underwriting factors for certain industries. Another thing to note is even if you are allowed to select a voluntary product like dental or health indemnity product, there is little or no choice on the specific riders or benefit amounts which lowers the "anti-selection" for riders. Products that are partially employer-paid like major med and/or a group's participation percentage being high also limits the potential anti-selection. Disclaimer: work in Actuarial
TomatoTomato··on Using D3.js to Brute Force the Pirate Puzzle
Isn't there two potential locations depending on prospective? Moving the grave above the two trees changes which tree is on the right/left.
TomatoTomato··on Google Maps and Waze
It's no more distracting than talk radio or some blaring annoying commercial which doesn't stop talking if I need to focus. When you have a handsfree device, just say "Hold on" and do what you need to do. You can always ask them to repeat themselves I you don't hear.
TomatoTomato··on Argentines are now allowed to know the real rate of inflation
Bitcoin exchange rate going up in 3...2...1...
TomatoTomato··on Send money with Gmail
Tell us more how you can proxy through s3
TomatoTomato··on If you get a PhD, get an economics PhD
A popular actuarial textbook like "Actuarial Mathematics" is extremely specialized (especially to life insurance) and would only relate to the 3rd exam (MLC) and beyond. However, the first two exams are much more generic to statistics and finance respectively.
TomatoTomato··on U.S. Secretly Obtains Two Months of A.P. Phone Records
More specifically, Gitlow v. New York, 1925. Before then, the Supreme Court ruled in Barron v. Baltimore, that the Constitution's Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government [1] and had only recently looked at the 5th amendment w.r.t. the 14th.

Fun factoid #2, most states had (varying degrees of) "official" religions. This 14th amendment ruling also ended state support of religion in the few states that hadn't changed their constitutions by that time.

Fun factoid #3: This ruling happend about a month before the Scopes trial [2]. Interesting time the 1920s.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitlow_v._New_York

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial

TomatoTomato··on If you get a PhD, get an economics PhD
Anyone even thinking about taking an actuarial exam brace for a world of hurt.
TomatoTomato··on URLs are for People, not Computers
Unless the title is superfluous a la amazon.
TomatoTomato··on Mt. Gox under DDoS attack as bitcoin price surges
Now: {"result":"success","return":{"lag":588717,"lag_secs":0.588717,"lag_text":"0.588717 seconds"}}
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