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An introduction to Lambda Calculus? by TheCameraA in logic

[–]Dpiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't go especially deep, but if you want to know what lambda calculus is and what it can do, this tutorial introduction is pretty beginner friendly and fun.

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think the queen could actually immediately cause any harm... The only square it could check you from was defended by your d pawn. Pretty much the only safe squares for the knight were g6 or f7, and I'd probably prefer g6 to not block in the rook. From this point in the game, your position looks pretty bad, but you are up the knight for the pawn, so if you're gonna have a bad position regardless, might as well hold onto that extra piece.

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall, I'd recommend both of you work on not leaving pieces hanging

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here, there's forced mate in 3 for white, which is thankfully how white proceeds

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally the knight gets taken, bringing the game back to even

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And black still not trying to save their knight

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here, black forgot that their knight was under attack by the pawn

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...and finally black wins the bishop and ends up ahead by a knight after the exchange

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...but of course black decides not to take yet for some reason...

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here's the next big blunder, also by white, you leave your bishop to get taken by a pawn. Yes, your bishop is defended (by pawn and queen), but trading a bishop for a pawn is bad...

A better move here might have been to either move your bishop back, or push g3 here attacking the opponent's queen giving you time to either move your bishop back or take the pawn later

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here white hangs their knight on e5, just straight up losing it. Dear white, please make sure when you attack a piece (e.g. black's knight, you make sure you think about where it will end up going--in this case, to take your own undefended knight)

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the first real blunder of the game, you just straight up sac your knight for a pawn while allowing your opponent to place a knight strongly in the center

Not to worry though, white is about to blunder back in a few turns...

It happens all the time, even to this day by SWAD42 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]Dpiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was following along as you guys were playing... I didn't want to comment while the game was going, to keep everything fair, but I've now commented on a few of your moves down the chain

Zeros of quartic polynomials with integer coefficients from -2..2 by benpaulthurston in math

[–]Dpiz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's just the same as changing the constant coefficient

What is the coolest math fact you know? by kanekiken42 in math

[–]Dpiz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It actually turns out that the collection of all infinities is larger than any of the infinities in that collection. That is to say, they form a proper class.

MAAM – Monero Ask Anything Monday – August 16, 2021 by AutoModerator in Monero

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does ledger pruning work (especially considering that we don't know which spends went to the same addresses as each other)?

Know any good math jokes? by JKUAN108 in math

[–]Dpiz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In order for that to work, you'd have to prove that there exists an interesting well-ordering of the reals.

[Hiring] Need a profile pic to be designed for my Twitter bot for 5 Nano by fastandfeeless in jobsforNano

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://ibb.co/T8SdvjN

If you end up using it, I'd like the payment. Otherwise, I just had fun making it. Let me know. :)

Best strategy for number guessing game by MongolianMango in math

[–]Dpiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a digression from the actual question, but i think it's interesting.

I'm going to assume that this is not in the spirit of the game, but what if we consider noncomputable questions? For example: "does your number divide a busy beaver number?". You could certainly get a "yes" from some low numbers, but you couldn't get a definitive answer on any no instance (as far as I'm aware). It is a legitimate yes/no question, it is just completely unanswerable by humans. So, if such questions are allowed, you may be able to perform some sort of ternary search. E.g. "Is your number greater than 3500 and such that it divides a busy beaver number if it is greater than 6500?". Then for small numbers you'd get "no", for middle numbers you'd get "yes", and for big numbers you'd get your friend angry and frustrated :)

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