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by unhandyandy
Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:37 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62801

Re: Nath-project

I think we're grabbing the same elephant at different ends. Let's get back to Hnefatafl. If I'd try to solve Brandubh, I'd forward calculate positions instead of backwards to find a candidate for a variant. If one skips all permutations and rotations, there aren't that many positions. That's not how...
by unhandyandy
Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:09 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62801

Re: Nath-project

I strongly disagree. Since we can't have a definition of cleanness this can't be a result of a definition. Notice I employed the weasel word "almost". ;) But my point was that mathematical abstractions aren't considered useful unless they simplify the conceptual landscape. I've seen abstractions, I...
by unhandyandy
Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:47 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: The State Of Play Tafl Online
Replies: 21
Views: 53535

Re: The State Of Play Tafl Online

I had some pleasant acommunication with Hagbard, he was helpful. I don't know what open source is supposed to mean in that context. Are we talking about the same kind of database? Sorry, I wasn't clear - I meant the "web app" that plays through games. Is it server or client side? Maybe I could hack...
by unhandyandy
Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:52 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62801

Re: Nath-project

the people that tend to be the best with abstractions, tend to use their minds for creating abstractions that give rise to some theoretical unification, but not those who care about solutions supply awful messy ones, yet it's hard to argue with a concept, if it works. I'm having trouble parsing thi...
by unhandyandy
Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:24 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: The State Of Play Tafl Online
Replies: 21
Views: 53535

Re: The State Of Play Tafl Online

There is a database here. Oops, I missed that - should be very useful. Is the code by Hagbard? Is it open source? I wasn't being philosophical, that's what I did in my eval function. :) Sounds dangerous to me, since there might be moves blocking both routes at once. But for something as simple as B...
by unhandyandy
Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:43 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62801

Re: Nath-project

The question whether a basic abstraction works with compilers is conceptually very similar. I'm not talking about the way down from some opt-code down to machine instructions or low level optimizations like vectoring. We should just let hardware fanatics handle that. I'm talking about the hardware ...
by unhandyandy
Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:50 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62801

Re: Nath-project

I'm from a pure math background as well. And I think that's the reason I'm annoyed by this. We kinda have to most abstract way of writing stuff down, but it seems that when it comes to computer we suddenly forget to specify the properties our abstractions should have. Writing for an audience of hum...
by unhandyandy
Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62801

Re: Nath-project

I don't disagree with your criticisms of JS, but my background is in pure math, I never developed the patience to deal with low level languages like C; I like highly abstract languages like Mathematica and lisp. The most performant language I use is probably Julia. The slowness is exasperating but i...
by unhandyandy
Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: The State Of Play Tafl Online
Replies: 21
Views: 53535

Re: The State Of Play Tafl Online

When the game is basically already decided, black makes calm moves, because he has nothing to gain my aggressive moves. That only happens, when the white escape is already securely blocked. The critical part of the game is highly aggressive. Top players showed that the aggressive part doesn't need ...
by unhandyandy
Sun Jan 27, 2019 9:33 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: The State Of Play Tafl Online
Replies: 21
Views: 53535

Re: The State Of Play Tafl Online

A quiet move in tafl is usually deadly Isn't it normal for Black to make quiet surrounding moves? The point is that attacks against single corners can in most positions be defended by black. Just when multiple corners are attacked black gets a difficult job. Just taking the shortest distance doesn'...