How do playing cards work? No one knows
(polygon.com)
Some of humanity’s oldest toys are our most complex
Some of humanity’s oldest toys are our most complex
Mathematics of the daily word game Waffle
(arxiv.org)
We investigate the combinatorics of permutations underlying the the daily word game Waffle, and learn why some games are easy to solve while extreme games are very hard. A perfect unscrambling must have precisely 11 orbits, with at least one of length 1, on the 21 squares.
We investigate the combinatorics of permutations underlying the the daily word game Waffle, and learn why some games are easy to solve while extreme games are very hard. A perfect unscrambling must have precisely 11 orbits, with at least one of length 1, on the 21 squares.
Mystery-o-Matic: Solve a murder mystery every day
(mystery-o-matic.com)
A group of friends stumbles upon an eerie abandoned mansion. Now confined within its sinister grasp, they find themselves thrust into a chilling series of murders. Each day brings a fresh enigma, with one of them as the unfortunate victim and the rest as suspects.
A group of friends stumbles upon an eerie abandoned mansion. Now confined within its sinister grasp, they find themselves thrust into a chilling series of murders. Each day brings a fresh enigma, with one of them as the unfortunate victim and the rest as suspects.
Show HN: Never let friends forget who is the winner
(shmelo.io)
A scoreboard for competitive games to track results, rankings, and winning streaks
A scoreboard for competitive games to track results, rankings, and winning streaks
RPG-CLI – your filesystem as a dungeon
(github.com/facundoolano)
rpg-cli is a minimalist computer RPG written in Rust. Its command-line interface can be used as a cd replacement where you randomly encounter enemies as you change directories.
rpg-cli is a minimalist computer RPG written in Rust. Its command-line interface can be used as a cd replacement where you randomly encounter enemies as you change directories.
Show HN: Reconfigured – Video game-inspired journal for analysts
(reconfigured.io)
Never worry about documentation again. reconfigured makes notetaking fun and organizes your data quests into knowledge you can easily retrieve.
Never worry about documentation again. reconfigured makes notetaking fun and organizes your data quests into knowledge you can easily retrieve.
AI in the 80s? How a Simple Animal Guessing Game Pioneered Machine Learning
(medium.com)
Recently, I stumbled upon an old programming book on the shelf in the library of my childhood. Yellowed pages, the smell of dust, and lines printed in monochrome style. Among examples of seemingly long-outdated algorithms, I came across a game called “Guess the Animal.”
Recently, I stumbled upon an old programming book on the shelf in the library of my childhood. Yellowed pages, the smell of dust, and lines printed in monochrome style. Among examples of seemingly long-outdated algorithms, I came across a game called “Guess the Animal.”
Google is building its own 'world modeling' AI team for games and robot training
(theverge.com)
Google DeepMind is assembling a new team of artificial intelligence researchers to develop “world models” that can simulate physical environments.
Google DeepMind is assembling a new team of artificial intelligence researchers to develop “world models” that can simulate physical environments.
Dice, (De)Convolution and Generating Functions
(demofox.org)
I stumbled across a very cool YouTube video today that talks about how to look for alternate ways of labeling sides of two dice to give you the same random number distribution as if you added two standard dice together.
I stumbled across a very cool YouTube video today that talks about how to look for alternate ways of labeling sides of two dice to give you the same random number distribution as if you added two standard dice together.
Dilberito
(archive.org)
Help Dilbert increase his life expectancy by eating good food, exercising, and avoiding fatty food. Move Dilbert and help him do jumping jacks and pushups., Every food has a point value. Dilberitos have 100% of your required food. Collect all the food to get a Dilberito.Game was created by Scott Adams to promote the ill-fated and failed Dilberito:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilberito
Help Dilbert increase his life expectancy by eating good food, exercising, and avoiding fatty food. Move Dilbert and help him do jumping jacks and pushups., Every food has a point value. Dilberitos have 100% of your required food. Collect all the food to get a Dilberito.Game was created by Scott Adams to promote the ill-fated and failed Dilberito:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilberito
Show HN: Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel
(itch.io)
Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle is in the form of a single text file, of which only the first chapter is readable. Subsequent chapters must be deciphered by you, using the answers to puzzles that you must solve!
Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle is in the form of a single text file, of which only the first chapter is readable. Subsequent chapters must be deciphered by you, using the answers to puzzles that you must solve!
DOOM CAPTCHA
(vercel.app)
A CAPTCHA that lets you play DOOM® to prove you're human (for educational and entertainment purposes).
A CAPTCHA that lets you play DOOM® to prove you're human (for educational and entertainment purposes).
Adversarial policies beat superhuman Go AIs (2023)
(arxiv.org)
We attack the state-of-the-art Go-playing AI system KataGo by training adversarial policies against it, achieving a >97% win rate against KataGo running at superhuman settings.
We attack the state-of-the-art Go-playing AI system KataGo by training adversarial policies against it, achieving a >97% win rate against KataGo running at superhuman settings.
Formally Modeling Dreidel, the Sequel
(buttondown.com)
Channukah's next week and that means my favorite pastime, complaining about how Dreidel is a bad game. Last year I formally modeled it in PRISM to prove the game's not fun. But because I limited the model to only a small case, I couldn't prove the game was truly bad.
Channukah's next week and that means my favorite pastime, complaining about how Dreidel is a bad game. Last year I formally modeled it in PRISM to prove the game's not fun. But because I limited the model to only a small case, I couldn't prove the game was truly bad.
Matches: Bash game from the trenches of World War I
(zaks.web.za)
Matches is based on a two player game from the trenches of World War One.
Matches is based on a two player game from the trenches of World War One.
Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS
(sailor.li)
It is December. That means annoying Christmas things are everywhere, including but not limited to the annual programming semi-competition known as Advent of Code.
It is December. That means annoying Christmas things are everywhere, including but not limited to the annual programming semi-competition known as Advent of Code.