Adam Venis

Professional Software Engineer, amateur Mathematician

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@schala163 HOA ruined our air conditioning

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@raymondh the unique distribution of outcomes that leaves the expected value unchanged with minimum variance!

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How long would it take to boost your rating without getting any better? A long time, as it turns out. My new post measures this mathematically:
https://t.co/rP5viDC4Ar

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How accurate is your rating?
A new blog post in which I measure the fluctuations in skill ratings from randomly winning and losing games.
https://t.co/RElOhobyZl

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@KawaiiRiceLighT chess

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@MaryJackalope I think this is because some players stop playing above/below their initial rating which deflates/inflates the average skill rating of active players respectively. if these habits differ between modes, you'll get different distributions

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@thestrongchess Bxf7 Kxf7 (Rxf7 Ne6 wins queen) Ne6 Kxe6 Qd5+ Kf5 g4 Kxg4 Qf3 (Kf5 Qh3#) Kh4 Qg3 Kh5 Qg5# i think

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@MeanMisterKien @chesscom riot chess club/tourney when :0

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@eigenhector A friend once emailed Mochizuki that exact question as a first year undergraduate. Mochizuki responded in a few hours with a 7 step path. It was something like: Dummit & Foote, Hartshorne, Log geometry, __, and then 3 of Mochizuki's other works.

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Video Speed Controller turns watching videos into a game: see how fast you can watch while still understanding. It makes watching videos much more engaging!

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when i type :( my IDE automatically inserts ) to turn my frown upside down

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@QiaochuYuan imagine a neural network without K(3,3) or K(5) lol

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@InertialObservr @_nilradical Pythagorean theorem in non-euclidean space with the Ln-norm

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@d3_crescentia @SaintSnorlax good times! why didn't we get a citation in this paper 😤

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@robinhanson does "fundamental research in X that can be applied to your poll subject Y" count as working on Y?

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On average are people more similar to their children or to their parents?

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I'm a fan of both process of elimination and elimination of process

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@alexeyguzey how good/warmed up are you at StarCraft? familiarity might make you improve over time

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@schala163 but who will play keyboard

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staying in bed is a local maximum