abstractbg

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Creator of https://abstractboardgames.com

You can reach me on my Discord https://discord.gg/cSmaVrJMYy

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Comment · 4 months ago
The main one was C++ intellisense on a large codebase. It felt unusable due to the single threaded bottleneck. Mind you, this was a decade ago or more by now.
Comment · 4 months ago
Interesting improvement. My biggest issue with Emacs and the reason that I left it was because it was not multi-threaded. I wonder if is/can be multi-threaded now.
Comment · 9 months ago
Okay, I'll bite. For the record, I own Tesla stock and I am generally bullish about AI.

I'll try to provide some counter-points specifically regarding the rate of progress.

3. It's much easier to catch up in capability (ex. LLMs) than it is to achieve a new capability (ex. replace humans laborers with humanoid robots). You can hire someone from a competitor, secrets eventually leak out, the search space is narrowed etc.

4(c). To me, what's most important is whether or not truly autonomous humanoid robots happens in 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, etc. rather than in our lifetime.

These timelines will be tied to AI development timelines which largely outside the control of any one player like Tesla. I believe the world is bottlenecked on compute and that the current compute is not sufficient for physical AI.

It's extremely easy to be too early (ex. many of the self driving car companies of the past decade), and so for Tesla, there is a risk of over-investing in manufacturing robots before the core technology is ready.

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Comment · 1 year ago
Very cool website! Also, check out 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel XD
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Comment · 1 year ago
Wow, beating a 100 bot is still impressive in my book.

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!

Yes, the networks are size dependent right now. It's a great idea to copy-paste and then adapt the KataGo network architecture since it isn't size dependent and has been proven to reach superhuman strengths.

Comment · 1 year ago
Sorry, thanks for pointing that out! Yes Nash rediscovered it. Will update once things calm down
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks, single device multiplayer is a great idea.

Someone else recently mentioned to me that Virus Wars is their favorite game! I'm glad to see it getting some love.

Comment · 1 year ago
Here's the rules video used by the Tumbleweed community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjA_g3nwYW4

Also, in case you are curious, Tumbleweed has a discord https://discord.com/invite/wu6Xdtt497

They are currently playing through the 2025 Tumbleweed World Championship. Lots of strong players there!

Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah, that's another nice one. I've got a Quoridor set myself.
Comment · 1 year ago
Perfect, thank you!
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks! Will try to figure out a version that I can get permission to add to the website.
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks for the suggestions! Guest accounts are definitely a necessity. I had been looking at some asymmetrical games like Adugo and Viking Chess, myself.

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