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Data serialization and datagram sizes - GameDev.net

Chess Research - Sat, 03/26/2016 - 13:26

Data serialization and datagram sizes
GameDev.net
To get through my prototyping, I used JSON serialization with easy success. But I feel uneasy about JSON's ability to keep networking messages small. For example, I am developing a sports game with Unity to be a prototype for the aforementioned products.

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Twitter roundup for Sunday, March 27, 2016 - Amarillo.com

Chess Research - Sat, 03/26/2016 - 13:23

Twitter roundup for Sunday, March 27, 2016
Amarillo.com
Author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion. “Castro: Women in Cuba don't make $0.78 to every dollar men make. They get a dollar for a day's work just like the men do.” @longhornderek. Derek Ryan — Republican political consultant. Former Research ...

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The race is on to control artificial intelligence, and tech's future - Houston Chronicle

Chess Research - Sat, 03/26/2016 - 00:53

Houston Chronicle

The race is on to control artificial intelligence, and tech's future
Houston Chronicle
In 1997, an IBM computer beat the chess champion Garry Kasparov. Five years ago, IBM went even ... among tech's biggest companies. By 2020, the market for machine learning applications will reach $40 billion, IDC, a market research firm, estimates.

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Brainiac: Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice - The Boston Globe

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 21:54

The Boston Globe

Brainiac: Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice
The Boston Globe
They found that how much a person practices explains about 26 percent of the variation in how good people are at games like chess, 21 percent of the variation in performance playing musical instruments, and 18 percent of the variation in performance in ...

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Coming up - ThisWeekNews

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 17:22

Coming up
ThisWeekNews
Chess, 6 p.m. third Tuesdays at the Mary E. Babcock Library, 320 N. Main St., Johnstown. Free. For more information, call .... Dementia and Alzheimer's disease program, 6 p.m. April 7, Licking Memorial Hospital, 1320 W. Main St. Neurologist Even Wang ...

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Datebook: Abandoned buildings, new paintings and a show that tackles race and violence - Los Angeles Times

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 16:24

Los Angeles Times

Datebook: Abandoned buildings, new paintings and a show that tackles race and violence
Los Angeles Times
Over a period of 40 years, a single collector amassed a rich assortment of works and ephemera by the seminal French artist Marcel Duchamp -- including numerous book covers and magazines that the artist helped design even after he'd bid goodbye to art ...

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Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice - The Boston Globe

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 14:21

The Boston Globe

Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice
The Boston Globe
They found that how much a person practices explains about 26 percent of the variation in how good people are at games like chess, 21 percent of the variation in performance playing musical instruments, and 18 percent of the variation in performance in ...

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Technology|The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech's Future - New York Times

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 13:06

New York Times

Technology|The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech's Future
New York Times
For years, tech companies have used man-versus-machine competitions to show they are making progress on A.I. In 1997, an IBM computer beat the chess champion Garry Kasparov. Five years ago, IBM went even further when its Watson system won a three-day ...

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An A.I. Competed for a Literary Prize, but Humans Still Did the Real Work - Slate Magazine (blog)

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 11:12

Slate Magazine (blog)

An A.I. Competed for a Literary Prize, but Humans Still Did the Real Work
Slate Magazine (blog)
As Japanese publication Ashai Shimbum explains, the research team first wrote a novel of their own and then broke it down into its component parts. Only then did the A.I. involve itself, arranging the parts it had been given to create “another ... Far ...

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More Than the Next Move - Chess Builds Skills - School News Network

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 11:02

More Than the Next Move - Chess Builds Skills
School News Network
Research has shown students who play chess do well at several things. They are better problem-solvers; have improved concentration and memory; higher spatial reasoning, reading and math skills; and increased logic, creativity and strategic planning.

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We must teach AI machines to play nice and police themselves - Telegraph.co.uk

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 10:57

Telegraph.co.uk

We must teach AI machines to play nice and police themselves
Telegraph.co.uk
... and potential of AI - the technology that will confer a human-like intelligence on computers, through machine learning algorithms that “teach” machines different skills such as how to play chess or translate languages, using copious amounts of ...

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A Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist explains how your brain tricks you into making bad decisions - Business Insider

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 08:46

Business Insider

A Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist explains how your brain tricks you into making bad decisions
Business Insider
So how do we prevent the need for cognitive closure from sabotaging our decisions? Duhigg said it's about building systems that force us to "make sure that we're giving a choice the time it deserves." During his research, he studied the most successful ...

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Chess legend is coming to Fulton - Fulton Sun

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 04:21

Chess legend is coming to Fulton
Fulton Sun
Garry Kasparov, the Soviet who in 1985 became the youngest world chess champion in history at the age of 22, will begin the Churchill Fellows Weekend with a free public lecture at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin ...

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Anand beats Karjakin to come back in joint lead - The Statesman

Chess Research - Fri, 03/25/2016 - 00:18

Anand beats Karjakin to come back in joint lead
The Statesman
In the other game of the day, Fabiano Caruana was close to winning against Topalov according to chess engines but the American did not read his chances well enough. Results round 11: V Anand (Ind, 6.5) beat Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 6); Anish Giri (Ned, 5 ...

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Talking Tech: Let it Go - The Georgetown Voice

Chess Research - Thu, 03/24/2016 - 21:34

The Georgetown Voice

Talking Tech: Let it Go
The Georgetown Voice
Compare that with the 1060 possible scenarios in chess and you will understand why Go is considered one of the most complex games around. That is the reason why many experts did ... In a widely publicized open letter that was signed by the likes of ...
The Machine Wins 4-1 : what does this mean for the future of AI?Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Computer that beat Go champion has many applicants, says makerThe Straits Times
Artificial Intelligence: A challenge to human supremacy?Financial Express Bangladesh

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Weekend Planner: 20 Things To Do In Los Angeles - LAist

Chess Research - Thu, 03/24/2016 - 17:30

Weekend Planner: 20 Things To Do In Los Angeles
LAist
Proceeds from the showcase benefit Homes for Heroes, a charity that works toward housing homeless veterans; The American Society of Interior Designers Foundation to further education and research grants; and the City of Los Angeles, Department of ...

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AI 3.0: Are we closer to creating the mind of Tom Brady? - SiliconANGLE (blog)

Chess Research - Thu, 03/24/2016 - 16:26

SiliconANGLE (blog)

AI 3.0: Are we closer to creating the mind of Tom Brady?
SiliconANGLE (blog)
They were obsessed with building “general intelligence” and believed that all aspects of human intelligence – the ability to solve problems, to play chess, to converse in English, to make plans, and so on – were simply manifestations of a handful of ...

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Company driven to make ODOT's product list - Daily Journal of Commerce

Chess Research - Thu, 03/24/2016 - 15:48

Daily Journal of Commerce

Company driven to make ODOT's product list
Daily Journal of Commerce
Nine state DOTs paid into the research project. ... Dean Chess, who administers ODOT's Qualified Products List, agreed that the balance of costs is different here in Oregon because of the availability of good, cheap aggregate materials. Mirafi is ...

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Family Fun: Raising a good sport? - Sun Sentinel

Chess Research - Thu, 03/24/2016 - 13:41

Sun Sentinel

Family Fun: Raising a good sport?
Sun Sentinel
And research shows that the best way to ensure a good experience for all is to remind your kids to have a positive attitude. Try these ideas to ... Strategy games like checkers, chess, or Monopoly are a good way to practice sportsmanship at home. “They ...

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Lake Cd'A oxygen levels may decline - Coeur d'Alene Press

Chess Research - Thu, 03/24/2016 - 13:36

Lake Cd'A oxygen levels may decline
Coeur d'Alene Press
Scofield was presenting the findings of Dale Chess, the Tribe's limnologist and chief research biologist. He said the Tribe is still working on developing a model that can simulate the stratification of the lake during the summer months. When the Post ...

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