It’s all over, the human chess player lost the ultimate battle (little do the $500k that Kramnik would have gotten anyway confort the rest of the humankind). The king is dead, long live…Deep Fritz!
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Obviously Greg Mankiw is following this debate much more closely than I am, which is very good since I can profit from it and just follow Professor Mankiw’s very recent links to it, on his popular blog.
→ Read more Thriller: “Apostoli si guzgani” by Victor Roncea
For the English version, scroll down…
Spre deosebire de Dan, care are o solutie, dar nu cea mai eficienta solutie, de fiecare data cand il citesc pe Victor Roncea (pe care RGN-ul il tine in brate si il vara pe gat diasporei chit ca vor sa se amuze nonstop, chit ca nu mai vor: fara Roncea si alti acoliti RGN-ul ar putea fi chiar un serviciu de informatii serios si decent), ma distrez de minune.
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Via Tyler Cowen on Marginal Revolution: this is one of the best practical ideas of all times and so far it seems to be implemented only in Glasgow (but increasing coverage at lightspeed).
→ Read more Ce am facut de 1 Decembrie
Nu, nu am mancat fasole, asortata cu tzuica… Pe de alta parte totusi cred ca 1 decembrie este o ocazie speciala in care se pot face- cel putin in teorie- multe lucruri speciale si nu sunt neaparat atat de negativist cum este (deocamdata) Dan (critic da, insa de la critica la pesimism extrem si neincredere totala e ceva distanta).
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