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“assert” in java

21-May-04

using assert in java http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/lang/assert.html http://www.ensta.fr/~diam/java/online/notes-java/20language/30statements/40assertions/20assert-usage.html

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A little like Asimov’s Psychohistory…

27-Oct-03

A couple of news articles showing just how predictable human behavior is. Free will or no, individual choices get subsumed by the mass of humanity interacting together–so a cohesive pattern can emerge from a bunch of people acting individually. In the stock market [Nature Publishing Group] In salary distributions [The New Yorker] In general human […]

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AI and Go

01-Oct-03

Many Faces: one of the best AIs, available for demo on a 9×9 board TurboGo: mediocre AI with good openings and a joseki database. Good for starting out. GnuGo: General go backend (needs a frontend like Jago or gGo).

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