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https://deepmind.com/blog/alphastar-mastering-real-time-strategy-game-starcraft-ii/

Border walls are stupid. China built the Great Wall and it completely failed to stop invaders from coming through many times. The amount of energy and expense it takes to put up a wall is far less effective than other means of defense.

Border walls are evil. I can’t tell you how many times people have said to me, “if you don’t like it here then move to another country”.… read more “Border Walls Are Stupid, Evil, And Racist”

https://youtu.be/ATTMB4gH3sU

1. Golf practice app that shows charts, average scores and best scores for practice items of your choice (like how many putts from 3 feet went in out of 10 or something).
2. Qwirkle
3. Gin Rummy

Great article on the most important issue of our time outside of the rise of AI.

The Economist | Trying to restrain the robots https://www.economist.com/node/21757464?frsc=dg%7Ce

I spoke with two men recently who shared my political philosophy of libertarianism. However, when we talked about current issues we were on opposite sides of the table. The only reason for this was they read one news source and I read another. We believed different facts. Truth however is real and one of us is wrong.… read more “Criminalize Fake News”

I had never played golf in my life before six months ago, but I have taken up the game in a big way since then. I have improved massively over that time – my first few rounds were 128’s, but my round yesterday I scored an 88! I dropped 40 strokes in just six months.

I am not some gifted athlete; my wife regularly reminds me she is far more athletic than I am.… read more “Best Free Beginner Golf Lessons – How I Dropped 40 Strokes”

Schools, both public and private, should be able to expel bad kids permanently. Those kids should not have the option to get a free education after that. They could pay a private school if they decided it was important. Bad kids ruin school for all kids.

I am mostly referring to high school ages here.

https://qz.com/694340/the-richest-families-in-florence-in-1427-are-still-the-richest-families-in-florence/

We need to tax wealth, not income, to increase social mobility. Taxing income hurts entrepreneurs, taxing wealth pushes the idle rich to work harder.