CommanderZander

joined 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I appreciate that, but I find it a satisfying challenge for approximate algorithms.

 

The risk of nuclear war has emerged many times over the years, but we are still here.

 

I only recently learned about Turtle but it seems like a fun way to represent data. I'm curious to learn more & mess around with it or similar formats for representing the meaning of English text. Anyone have any suggestions for projects, libraries, etc to look into?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Several people told me to skip Consider Phlebas & start with the next one, The Player of Games. I did that & found it perfectly accessible & enjoyable. Haven't read any others yet.

Player of Games features a civilization that is both congenial & incredibly high tech. There is a satisfying exploration of sci-fi board games, including a game with a ludicrously complex board that stretches over several tennis courts. I liked it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Sounds reasonable & relatively low risk to me.