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Author:  phillip1882 [ Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:28 pm ]
Post subject:  can go be a computer

saw this and wondered if you could make a go computer.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdmODVYPDLA
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Author:  Applebaps [ Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: can go be a computer

I don't think Go is Turing-complete as-is due to the size of the board causing computations to terminate early, but some generalizations of the game (for instance, on infinite boards) are said to be Turing-complete.

Don't ask me how, though! I've heard mutterings about using ladders as memory but I don't really grok it.

Author:  Marathon [ Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: can go be a computer

I don't know what "Magic The Gathering" is. But, years ago, I saw an article that said it was possible to build a computer using Conway's Game of Life. Circuits managed gliders. There were logic gates. There were reflectors that could change the direction of a glider. There was a "cross over" circuit.

Author:  EdLee [ Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:00 pm ]
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Quote:
I don't know what "Magic The Gathering" is.
A cash cow.

Author:  phillip1882 [ Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: can go be a computer

Quote:
I saw an article that said it was possible to build a computer using Conway's Game of Life. Circuits managed gliders. There were logic gates. There were reflectors that could change the direction of a glider. There was a "cross over" circuit.

i'm a bigger fan of wireworld.
https://deltastep.blogspot.com/2017/03/ ... puter.html

Author:  lightvector [ Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: can go be a computer

Wireworld is much nicer for programming, but is unfortunately a little less interesting in terms of *construction*. You don't get to talk about self-replicating machines, universal constructors that use a Turing machine attached to a construction arm to build arbitrary new devices, or things like primality testers that endlessly self-construct up to arbitrarily large primes (rather than being wired to a fixed maximum number of digits).

Author:  Bill Spight [ Thu Jan 02, 2020 3:38 am ]
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EdLee wrote:
Quote:
I don't know what "Magic The Gathering" is.
A cash cow.


A gateway to Burning Man? ;)

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