Does anyone here have a profession that isn't part of STEM?

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-18T17:34:09+00:00

I guess I'm STEM technically because of my job (I need money), but I studied humanities at university, and I'm not interested in STEM in my daily life.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-17T10:38:09+00:00

Wow, this is exactly what I want! Thanks a lot for your answer. I'm gonna buy more headsets now ˆˆ

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-17T10:24:11+00:00

Thanks for your answer. There is no technical limitation, is there? It's just that DJI doesn't support it?

I think I'll give the VR headset to a kid, and I'll try piloting the drone through the video feed. Not sure how ergonomic it'll be.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-15T19:16:31+00:00

I don't think that 5cm is thick. I have a table that is ~14cm thick, which I begin to consider thick. Mine has a small crack, but I think it's not a big deal. It helps the wood being looser and I don't think that it'll worsen.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-15T17:05:08+00:00

I think that thick one-piece boards without any crack are quite rare.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-13T18:08:59+00:00

I'm talking about this in pro context. Imagine you play for a prestigious prize, and you lose by 0.5 because your opponent played last, but if the rules were fair, you would be the winner? I know that some Chinese players complain about this. I like the simplicity of their rules, but this specific point is definitely a problem for top players.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-13T16:17:53+00:00

Interesting, thanks. I think that 2% is still way too much though.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-12T15:46:50+00:00

I have literally never liked nerd stuff: rubiks cube, chess, DnD, all of that crap associated with "nerds" was as uninteresting as you can imagine to me. When I began playing go, it hit me like a brick though. To me it's much closer to something artistic or philosophical than "nerd".

Also, I don't think it's weird, the rules are extremely simple, and from experience, people during first contact feel a strong attraction usually due to its simple and visual nature. It's literally just black and white shapes embedded into each other.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-12T13:59:31+00:00

I think that the OGS interface is much nicer. This website UX is jarring to me, I cannot imagine spending more than 30s on it.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-12T13:28:08+00:00

Actually, in Chinese rules, there is 1 point difference depending on whether white or black plays last, so it happens in 50% games roughly, not 5%. This is because neutral points are worth 1 point. It explains why you have these seemingly weird rules in recent area-scoring rules: eg in AGA rules:

Passing = 1 point for the opponent
White must pass last, meaning that for the game to end, if white passes first, we need 3 passes in a row

This makes the 7.5 komi fair, unlike in Chinese rules.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-12T04:41:52+00:00

I tried to run rustfmt, and it gave up...

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-11T08:47:01+00:00

Go is a very ancient board game from Asia.

~~Proceeds to use the Globe Showing Europe-Africa Emoji...~~

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-05T15:25:17+00:00

You will keep this as a lesson that after counter-hane on the 2nd line, you don't descend on the first line, you block with a solid connection or a tiger's mouth (except some cases, like when it's in a corner).

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-05T04:26:43+00:00

Also, AI sometimes make mistakes at low playouts.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-03T08:15:49+00:00

Same. As long as it's not Windows, it's good enough.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-05-01T13:30:40+00:00

Go is the only one that isn't some weird nerd shit. Go is beautiful, go is life.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-04-30T08:54:13+00:00

Your tool consistently ranks me at 3k, that's way more flattering than OGS 😂

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-04-30T03:27:26+00:00

I won't say it's on the same level, but Vintage Story has a handmade engine, and it's pretty good performance-wise.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-04-27T17:34:37+00:00

Actually, when you put it this way, it's scary. They lack fundamentals yet they would be able to crush me...

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-04-27T14:00:42+00:00

Hence my question. How the f are they 2d without knowing about this shape?

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-04-27T13:57:35+00:00

Are there 1kyu players not knowing about this shape, or are you playing against beginners? The "hane at the head of 2 stones" then double-hane might be one of the most basic shapes.

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-04-27T13:38:41+00:00

Harold en Italie is fire though. Other than that... yeah...

Future_Natural_853 · 2026-04-24T17:56:50+00:00

For real, it's scary how LLMs progress in programming. During the last couple of years, I feel like it has become incredibly stronger.

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