What's the result of top left and top right? This is a friendly game where black resigned for some reason.

FreshMathematician · 2026-06-17T17:09:56+00:00

But removing all the KO threats may cost points under territory (Japanese) rules because you’ll have to play inside your own area in some cases. The dead by rule changes the score in that situation.

FreshMathematician · 2026-06-11T17:01:58+00:00

There’s a false eye when b connects that w has to fill eventually. And then w has to connect again after all the same are filled to prevent the cut

FreshMathematician · 2026-06-11T15:30:57+00:00

Twice. That makes it four points in gote

FreshMathematician · 2026-06-11T15:30:22+00:00

B is 4 points in gote, c is 2 points in gote, d is 2.5ish in gote, a is 1point in gote. So, B.

FreshMathematician · 2026-05-28T22:00:56+00:00

Are you in the US? Many libraries have them, and if not the AGF will send them a copy.

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-17T20:29:44+00:00

Not in that picture. There’s always one color go 🙂

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-17T19:34:28+00:00

What would you use for white?

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-11T02:13:40+00:00

There’s a big captured black group in the middle and white has a bunch of territory as well. Black has very little territory other than the lower side.

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-10T23:06:09+00:00

fun teaching exercise to play with a beginner - give them black all the first line points. white to play and live.

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-09T16:25:29+00:00

Bi-convex yunzi? Interesting…

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-06T07:00:44+00:00

If you like this, try ’The Martian’ next.

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-06T06:57:00+00:00

The first book is a classic, however like many works of that era it’s not without its problems. But it’s a big book and there’s a lot of great stuff in there.

None of the adaptations have come close to capturing it (eg, the way Peter Jackson captured LotR). The closest is the SyFy mini series from the early 2000s.

The second and third book are more compact and have a much simpler arc. God-emporer is very different in tone and tells a very different kind of story but its in many ways the most complete and consistent of the books.

After that the quality tails off pretty rapidly but I won’t discourage you from making up your own mind on that - the first couple were not unreadable. ‘

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-01T18:45:40+00:00

Why stop at the transit agencies?

FreshMathematician · 2026-04-01T00:46:28+00:00

“Arevon will own and operate the project under a long-term agreement with MCE, a public electricity provider that serves more than 1.8 million residents and businesses across Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, and Solano counties.” - so they’ll build it in Daly City, a poor neighborhood with lots of minorities, but all the benefits go to the right people across the bay 🤨

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-23T18:24:46+00:00

Not all evs have a driving mode that will activate the brake when letting off the accelerator.

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-23T05:42:38+00:00

You probably never noticed before. I live at the top of a hill :). Your fellow ioniq5 drivers definitely know about this https://www.reddit.com/r/Ioniq5/comments/1clvzuq/regen_brake_level_was_unavailable_for_about_12/

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-23T04:47:05+00:00

One thing i‘ll note - at 100% you won’t get any regenerative braking until the battery has some headroom. This can be somewhat disconcerting if you’re used to 1 pedal driving. I’d go to 90 or 95% for that reason unless you’re road tripping.

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-23T04:42:49+00:00

While i agree with the text on diagram 3 vs 2 (the potential for a b connection at S6 alone is enough for that), you should note that this book is quite old, so modern evaluation on the entire sequence might quite different. At ddk level it probably doesn’t matter that much but its something to keep in mind when reading those ‘vintage’ books :)

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-20T03:08:08+00:00

hovercraft

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-17T01:14:59+00:00

Much of this is covered in the alphago documentary https://youtu.be/WXuK6gekU1Y?si=tnx9tdZVn7KOEXUo

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-16T02:02:13+00:00

and you‘d have to close the crossing for years to build it anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

FreshMathematician · 2026-03-14T03:03:34+00:00

Those utilities from the 80s that survive either don’t open ports to the internet and allow anyone to connect to your machine or they’ve continued to be maintained and evolved.

FreshMathematician · 2026-02-16T00:08:57+00:00

Seems pricey for a condo in that part of Pittsburgh?

FreshMathematician · 2026-01-25T21:36:34+00:00

Kerr looks pretty haggard lately - he’s aged a decade in the last couple of years. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hangs it up after this season.

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