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The World as Data

Donkeyspace • 4 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
🎭️ Culture Film Internet Art Games Cities
  1. Rambalac's Tokyo walk videos provide a unique cinematic experience that is meditative and haunting.
  2. Backrooms videos and Rambalac videos offer a different take on anti-cinema, creating a vacuum for personal reflection.
  3. MonsterTrack bike race videos on YouTube blend high-speed excitement with the joy of extreme sports, offering a game-like viewing experience.
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How Games Will Save the World (Again)

Donkeyspace • 1 HN point • 22 Jun 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Games Art AI Chess
  1. Games have a unique ability to help us navigate crises by offering new ways of thinking beyond formal models.
  2. Art, including games, plays a significant role in shaping human values, perspectives, and cognition.
  3. Through games, we engage in problem-solving, skill-building, and self-modification, which can be beautiful, pleasurable, and essential for understanding complex concepts.

Zoom games

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 04 Dec 20
🎭️ Culture Games
  1. Predict where someone walking during a Zoom meeting will end up for a fun game that boosts meeting energy.
  2. Observe signs to tell if someone is paying attention in a Zoom meeting, like mismatched emotions or frequent video turning off.
  3. Notice private chats happening in Zoom by observing people's reactions and then publicly calling them out to see their response.

Hate-heart

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 03 Nov 15
🎭️ Culture Social media Games Internet culture Music Industry Self-help
  1. Trolling used to be more about humor and skill rather than harassment and meanness. We should bring back the art of clever trolling.
  2. In the social media world, there are unique individuals like Crosby Tailor who not only model but also sell cookies claimed to help burn fat.
  3. Playing digital games like Tetris might have lasting effects as some individuals see the game when they close their eyes, and scientists are still exploring the reasons behind this phenomenon.

Calculating the Sharpness of Different Players

Chess Engine Lab • 0 implied HN points • 19 Apr 24
🎾 Sports Chess Players Tournaments Games
  1. The sharpness score can be used to assess chess players' gameplay, comparing their style and strategic decisions.
  2. To calculate a player's sharpness, looking at the change in sharpness after each move can help isolate individual performance.
  3. Analyzing sharpness in matches between players can provide insights into their contrasting styles and performance evolution over time.