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by Hylomorphic
Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:34 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Will u lose interest in GO if AI is better than people?
Replies: 34
Views: 16623

Re: Will u lose interest in GO if AI is better than people?

If there were to be a Go program at the level of Lee Seedol, I would be ecstatic. Can you imagine how fast you would improve playing against a professional level AI? Are the very least, you could get some bad habits hammered out of you pretty quickly.
by Hylomorphic
Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:34 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Dirty glass stones?
Replies: 5
Views: 5755

Re: Dirty glass stones?

Yunzi is a ceramic. I'm not sure if it qualifies as a glass. Some ceramics, like porcelain, do qualify as glass, but not all.
by Hylomorphic
Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Looking for a slotted Go board
Replies: 42
Views: 30092

Re: Looking for a slotted Go board

I just happened to have seen a used Japanese slotted goban with glass stones on the US eBay for $60 (+ ~$15 s/h): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-GO-Game-Set-Wood-Board-with-Stones-Lacquered-Bowls-/181916914673?hash=item2a5b17d3f1:g:-GEAAOSwAYtWJQ56 . Although the seller does ...
by Hylomorphic
Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: MFGO using 1 core
Replies: 3
Views: 2666

Re: MFGO using 1 core

Can't be done without rewriting the program. Programs have to be coded to take advantage of multiple cores. Older software usually cannot do it.
by Hylomorphic
Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:23 pm
Forum: Introductions and Guidelines
Topic: Hello from Oklahoma
Replies: 3
Views: 5179

Hello from Oklahoma

Hey all. Finally joining up after a few months of lurking.

I learned to play Go in high school, but had to drop it due to time. I picked it back up in college for a while, but did not have the discipline to stay with it. I finally started playing again in June after years of not playing. I have ...