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I know i will be there for at least 4 years.. 2012-06-26T09:40:49 So I am prepared to be a bit more stable with perhaps doing something more tangible than just code... 2012-06-26T09:42:49 not that code is not tangible... 2012-06-26T09:43:18 i was thinking about that, and came to the conclusion it isnt, except in mission critical applications 2012-06-26T09:43:53 you mean code is not tangible.. 2012-06-26T09:43:57 yeah 2012-06-26T09:44:22 maybe if you print it in braille... 2012-06-26T09:44:27 well then my job involve lots of intangible productivity 2012-06-26T09:44:42 yeah 2012-06-26T09:44:51 and not just code is like that 2012-06-26T09:45:01 case in point my new job will involve a lot more data work 2012-06-26T09:45:32 like real data, HIV and influenza and stuff like that 2012-06-26T09:45:43 exciting 2012-06-26T09:45:48 I am 2012-06-26T09:45:54 good lab to work with 2012-06-26T09:45:59 good pay too 2012-06-26T09:46:09 well for science anyway 2012-06-26T09:47:44 have you moved your family to switzerland yet? 2012-06-26T09:47:51 so anyway you talked to jeff 2 months ago? how did that go? anything to report (don't want to go over the logs) 2012-06-26T09:48:03 mcstar: no... we move in Dec/Jan 2012-06-26T09:48:06 not me 2012-06-26T09:48:29 oh... thought you where in canada? 2012-06-26T09:48:32 like jeff 2012-06-26T09:48:39 im in hungary 2012-06-26T09:48:49 and im not an organizer :) 2012-06-26T09:48:50 oh... well another EU person 2012-06-26T09:48:59 but are any of us? 2012-06-26T09:49:37 Hungary is nice --we have been to Budapest a few times 2012-06-26T09:49:45 like the food 2012-06-26T09:49:58 well, amstan rossignol scott and jeff are the core 2012-06-26T09:49:59 afaik 2012-06-26T09:50:00 not so different from Austria however 2012-06-26T09:50:08 Right 2012-06-26T09:50:18 do you know if any progress was made? 2012-06-26T09:50:47 they agreed to talk more seriously again 2012-06-26T09:50:51 but that never happened 2012-06-26T09:50:58 Oh god 2012-06-26T09:51:30 of course not... because they could have done it then and it was delayed... the infinite delay 2012-06-26T09:52:16 What i don't get is why is this aichallenge so popular compared to others? 2012-06-26T09:52:32 because google is in the name? 2012-06-26T09:52:52 is it popular? 2012-06-26T09:53:03 well compared to others 2012-06-26T09:53:05 yes 2012-06-26T09:53:11 it attracts a lot of newbies 2012-06-26T09:53:22 the entry barrier is low 2012-06-26T09:53:37 its quite a lot of entries... and if it was consistent with 2 per year it would get a lot bigger 2012-06-26T09:54:22 afaik, it needs more advertising 2012-06-26T09:54:25 not afaik 2012-06-26T09:54:29 imho 2012-06-26T09:54:38 ofc, not now 2012-06-26T09:54:39 it is also perhaps the most language diverse 2012-06-26T09:54:52 yeah, thats a great plus 2012-06-26T09:55:03 yea.. perhaps... but without more resources i think more entries would be bad 2012-06-26T09:55:30 that or pick a challenge that does not need so much cpu and servers etc 2012-06-26T09:56:17 i have quite a lot to do, so i wont be the one pushing the challenge forward 2012-06-26T09:56:29 though ill try to help if i can 2012-06-26T09:56:38 AI challenge was easy to get into 2012-06-26T09:56:48 a lot of us are in that boat mcstar 2012-06-26T09:56:51 It was simple and fun 2012-06-26T09:57:09 pairofdice: hi, back from japan? 2012-06-26T09:57:10 pairofdice: how much programing experience did you have? 2012-06-26T09:57:11 *** Jak_o_Shadows has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 2012-06-26T09:57:23 I had practically 0 experince, 2012-06-26T09:57:27 and why are other challenges not fun (starcraft, soccor etc) 2012-06-26T09:57:42 how did you hear about it? 2012-06-26T09:57:48 pairofdice: ^ 2012-06-26T09:58:17 Random post on Google+ 2012-06-26T09:58:20 but how did I? 2012-06-26T09:58:25 pairofdice: so starter packs are a big part of getting started easily? 2012-06-26T09:58:29 *** mceier has quit IRC (Quit: leaving) 2012-06-26T09:58:39 mcstar: yea how did you hear about it? 2012-06-26T09:58:39 Absolutely 2012-06-26T09:58:48 ah, i remember, i saw a language comparison based on the tron results made with R 2012-06-26T09:58:49 interesting 2012-06-26T09:58:56 mcstar: yeah, got back yesterday: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3559814/IMG_0276s.jpg 2012-06-26T09:59:39 pairofdice: good shot 2012-06-26T10:00:06 roughly 1% of the shots turned out decent 2012-06-26T10:00:20 yea these days just getting more people interested is probably pretty good advertising via g+ and facebook etc 2012-06-26T10:00:45 pairofdice: what was the purpose of your visit? 2012-06-26T10:00:54 pairofdice: some pros i know think their hit rate is lower... take 1000 keep 2 or 3 2012-06-26T10:00:56 :D 2012-06-26T10:01:18 mcstar: the boarder patrol... 2012-06-26T10:01:27 Just general sightseeing 2012-06-26T10:01:27 huh? 2012-06-26T10:01:37 border partol? 2012-06-26T10:01:39 patrol 2012-06-26T10:01:40 Didn't even see any go-related stuff 2012-06-26T10:01:48 That is what they ask you at the airport... "what is the ... 2012-06-26T10:02:01 i have never been asked that 2012-06-26T10:02:09 going to the UK i have 2012-06-26T10:02:12 though o only flew to switzerland and england 2012-06-26T10:02:17 o->i 2012-06-26T10:02:26 and to japan... i expect to be asked when i get to canada too 2012-06-26T10:03:10 the rest of the EU just ask about New Zealand and pretty much ignore your passport after that 2012-06-26T10:03:53 even coming back to Austria from NZ a few weeks back with an expired residents permit was hardly noticed 2012-06-26T10:03:58 pairofdice: do you have more images you can share :P 2012-06-26T10:04:11 well, if they arent totally boring 2012-06-26T10:04:18 pairofdice: how did your bot do in ants? 2012-06-26T10:04:22 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3559814/IMG_0541s.jpg 2012-06-26T10:04:25 *** sigh has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T10:04:27 346 IIRC 2012-06-26T10:04:35 wow 2012-06-26T10:04:38 not bad at all 2012-06-26T10:04:47 esp for a fist time coder.... 2012-06-26T10:04:56 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3559814/IMG_0169s.jpg 2012-06-26T10:05:08 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3559814/IMG_1143c.jpg 2012-06-26T10:06:46 that ferris wheel looks huge 2012-06-26T10:06:47 Well anyways... if there are any aichallenge folk in Ottawa, Toronto or Montreal between the 6th and the 23rd... would be keen to hook up 2012-06-26T10:07:02 They said it was the world's tallest 2012-06-26T10:07:55 delt0r: well, talk to amstan at least when hes here 2012-06-26T10:09:15 @tell amstan I will be in Canada from the 6th to the 23rd July, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Would be keen to grab a beer.. 2012-06-26T10:09:15 delt0r: Error: I haven't seen amstan, I'll let you do the telling. 2012-06-26T10:10:38 contestbot, you sux 2012-06-26T10:10:39 delt0r: Run as fast as you can and don't look back. 2012-06-26T10:11:06 @latter tell amstan I will be in Canada from the 6th to the 23rd July, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Would be keen to grab a beer.. 2012-06-26T10:11:06 delt0r: An error occured while trying to show the previous error. 2012-06-26T10:11:18 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T10:11:24 dam i never remember the command s 2012-06-26T10:11:58 @later tell amstan I will be in Canada from the 6th to the 23rd July, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Would be keen to grab a beer.. 2012-06-26T10:11:58 delt0r: I come to serve. 2012-06-26T10:12:12 i should think so... 2012-06-26T10:25:27 *** kurnevsky has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T11:03:04 *** Areks has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) 2012-06-26T11:15:53 *** mleise has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2012-06-26T11:23:36 *** mceier has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T11:38:32 *** sigh has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection) 2012-06-26T11:56:30 *** dvladim has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T13:14:39 first year economic students really suck at maths apparently 2012-06-26T13:14:50 at least at my uni 2012-06-26T13:17:50 they will always do 2012-06-26T13:30:38 http://i.imgur.com/iwfQx.png 2012-06-26T13:31:24 Looks like a weed 2012-06-26T13:32:25 those are Collatz trajectories 2012-06-26T13:37:16 *** X-Scale has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T13:42:08 purposefully arranged to look like a tree 2012-06-26T13:44:31 it is a tree 2012-06-26T13:44:36 *** n4nd0 has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T13:44:37 with 1 cycle 2012-06-26T13:44:41 but lets erase that 2012-06-26T13:44:58 ofc, the conjecture is that notwithstanding that cycle, there is no other 2012-06-26T13:45:12 and all the natural numbers appear as vertices 2012-06-26T13:46:00 hi all, I wonder if there has already been something talked about or planned for the next ai challenge 2012-06-26T13:46:07 like dates or the topic 2012-06-26T13:46:10 no 2012-06-26T13:46:25 mcstar: ok, thank you 2012-06-26T13:46:38 mcstar: do you when that will happen? 2012-06-26T13:46:52 know? 2012-06-26T13:46:55 no 2012-06-26T13:47:31 n3nd0: we're waiting on some technical stuff to get sorted 2012-06-26T13:47:36 like becoming a non-profit etc. 2012-06-26T13:47:45 which as far as i know isn't being done :P 2012-06-26T13:47:46 antimatroid: i like your pun 2012-06-26T13:47:47 *** HaraKir has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T13:48:09 mcstar: you're going to have to spell it out for me :P 2012-06-26T13:48:23 n3nd0 n4nd0 2012-06-26T13:48:52 what's the pun? :S 2012-06-26T13:49:14 *** HaraKiri has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2012-06-26T13:49:37 antimatroid, mcstar: thank yoU! 2012-06-26T13:49:53 well, his nick is 13345p34k, and you purposefull changed the 4 to 3 to make it funny 2012-06-26T13:50:08 okay, let's go with that :P 2012-06-26T13:50:13 and not blame the time 2012-06-26T13:50:26 (it's 3:50am and i've been marking exams :() 2012-06-26T13:50:34 :() 2012-06-26T13:50:48 great, and in the meantime, you forgot about the beloved Tab key 2012-06-26T13:50:54 np 2012-06-26T13:51:11 i usually only use tab for long names 2012-06-26T13:51:16 or if i want to see if someone i know is in the channel 2012-06-26T13:51:37 before i bombard a nic which isn't even here aha 2012-06-26T13:51:59 antimatroid: i dont like mixing letters with numbers when i type 2012-06-26T13:52:13 so even for short names, i tab till it finds the right one 2012-06-26T13:52:16 it certainly slows me down 2012-06-26T13:52:21 i have to look at the keyboard 2012-06-26T13:52:46 if i tab on m it just gives me a list of 4 names 2012-06-26T13:53:01 mine cycles through 2012-06-26T13:53:01 i have to keep going till it can get a unique match for tab to actually put the username in for me 2012-06-26T13:53:11 pesky pidgeon, i prefer yours 2012-06-26T13:53:20 5* names 2012-06-26T13:53:22 *** n4nd0 has left #aichallenge 2012-06-26T13:53:25 i'm n-1 man today apparently 2012-06-26T13:54:19 it's runtime 2012-06-26T13:58:30 *** dvladim has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) 2012-06-26T14:11:09 *** pairofdice has quit IRC (Quit: in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni) 2012-06-26T14:16:14 *** epicmonkey has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 2012-06-26T14:25:57 *** andermall has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T14:26:09 hello 2012-06-26T14:26:51 *** andermall has left #aichallenge 2012-06-26T14:31:23 *** kurnevsky1 has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T14:31:57 *** kurnevsky has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2012-06-26T14:43:33 *** AlliedEnvy has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) 2012-06-26T14:46:38 *** bqf_ has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T14:47:28 *** AlliedEnvy has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T14:47:29 *** bqf has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 2012-06-26T15:04:56 exam question "what will be the corresponding optimal bana consumption x_b?" student's answer "no" 2012-06-26T15:07:41 what is a bana consumption? 2012-06-26T15:08:11 (otherwise its funny) 2012-06-26T15:08:15 x_b obviously 2012-06-26T15:10:20 x_b denotes the optimal bana consumption, but it does not answer what is a bana consumption 2012-06-26T15:10:38 you joker 2012-06-26T15:16:37 right, so since x_b is the optimal bana consumption, it is *a* bana consumption 2012-06-26T15:16:42 :P 2012-06-26T15:17:37 this is not doing me any good for my faith in humanity 2012-06-26T15:23:19 *** epicmonkey has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T15:26:37 btw, i have a hunch, he meant to write banana 2012-06-26T15:26:44 it would make some sense 2012-06-26T15:27:42 :p 2012-06-26T15:37:04 *** kurnevsky1 has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2012-06-26T15:40:34 *** cyphase has quit IRC (Quit: http://www.cyphase.com/) 2012-06-26T15:41:28 *** cyphase has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T16:03:09 *** Accoun has quit IRC () 2012-06-26T16:03:49 *** NoxiaZ^ has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T16:07:18 *** thestinger has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T16:14:44 *** Accoun has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T16:21:32 *** coeus has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T16:32:14 *** Garf has quit IRC (Quit: Make a new plan, Stan!) 2012-06-26T16:54:26 *** mceier has quit IRC (Quit: leaving) 2012-06-26T17:08:26 *** delt0r_ has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T17:09:34 hay just ran into the aigamedev guys here in vienna 2012-06-26T17:10:40 they are very keen to have some direct involvement in the next round *if* we can sort out the "contact jeff" issue 2012-06-26T17:11:03 @later tell amstan read the two lines above.... 2012-06-26T17:11:03 delt0r_: Job's done. 2012-06-26T17:11:12 dose that give a time? 2012-06-26T17:11:12 if the nonprofit account is set up we won't need to contact jeff specificially 2012-06-26T17:11:18 specifically * 2012-06-26T17:11:21 yea 2012-06-26T17:11:39 not so easy to do in America as i understand 2012-06-26T17:12:39 the land of the free 2012-06-26T17:13:06 Zannick: either way, something needs to be sorted out ... 2012-06-26T17:13:06 well i think it'll be a canadian one... amstan knows the details 2012-06-26T17:13:08 wait, why the US? 2012-06-26T17:13:22 well how is it in Canada 2012-06-26T17:13:36 here you just kinda say... we are noprofit... 2012-06-26T17:13:37 done 2012-06-26T17:13:43 no application and stuff 2012-06-26T17:13:58 @rainbow TAX LAW 2012-06-26T17:13:58 Zannick: TAX LAW 2012-06-26T17:14:11 I just know the US is really hard. ie Couch surfing could not get non profit status 2012-06-26T17:15:06 delt0r_: you mean e.g. not i.e. 2012-06-26T17:15:11 yea 2012-06-26T17:15:14 :) 2012-06-26T17:16:36 delt0r_: how did you run into them? 2012-06-26T17:16:40 pub? 2012-06-26T17:17:22 did they finish that 3d dev sdk thingy? 2012-06-26T17:36:45 tametick organized a vienna game dev thing 2012-06-26T17:36:50 mcstar: ^ 2012-06-26T17:37:02 about 10 people showed up 2012-06-26T17:37:10 so i think its really going to work 2012-06-26T17:37:18 weekly thing 2012-06-26T17:37:43 well a guy organized it 2012-06-26T17:51:35 *** epicmonkey has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) 2012-06-26T17:54:44 *** Palmik has quit IRC () 2012-06-26T17:59:45 *** n4nd0 has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T18:02:36 *** n4nd0 has left #aichallenge 2012-06-26T18:03:21 *** moises has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T18:09:58 *** HaraKir has quit IRC () 2012-06-26T18:37:52 *** thestinger has quit IRC (Quit: WeeChat 0.3.8) 2012-06-26T18:58:24 *** mcstar has quit IRC (Quit: mcstar) 2012-06-26T18:59:41 *** alehorst has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T19:00:42 *** alehorst has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2012-06-26T20:25:20 *** Jak_o_Shadows has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T20:39:08 *** thestinger has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T20:57:19 *** Jak_o_Shadows has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 2012-06-26T21:52:09 *** antimatroid has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 2012-06-26T22:02:10 *** foRei has quit IRC (Quit: Bye) 2012-06-26T22:25:51 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2012-06-26T22:33:25 *** delt0r_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) 2012-06-26T22:45:14 *** delt0r_ has joined #aichallenge