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New comment by otherfiftycents in "Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat"

otherfiftycents — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:24:15 +0000

Whatsoever algorithm they use is some variation of taking the diff of engine moves vs. historically played moves vs. moves played at a certain rating. This is not complicated, contentious nor does it sound like it is worth of a trade secret.

Even if they do wish to use a private or proprietary standard to ban or suspend a user officially, they can still use a public standard (can even publish the code on Github for example) and show a standing statistic on a player's profile page using that public algorithm.

New comment by otherfiftycents in "Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat"

otherfiftycents — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:05:16 +0000

chess.com should release the cheating probabilities of every titled player who has ever registered and verified on chess.com . That would be the only fair thing to do. It should be in fact updated dynamically and visible on a player's profile at all times.

New comment by otherfiftycents in "Microsoft SpeechX [pdf]"

otherfiftycents — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:42:30 +0000

Demo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/speechx/

Microsoft SpeechX [pdf]

otherfiftycents — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:41:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/08/Audio_Transformation__X_-64d97d5dab99b.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37160686

Points: 2

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New comment by otherfiftycents in "Sorting algorithms that don’t hate you"

otherfiftycents — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 03:35:42 +0000

What software did you use to make these animations?

New comment by otherfiftycents in "Real Problems That Web3 Solves, Part 1"

otherfiftycents — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 03:45:35 +0000

> I feel like you are intentionally ignoring the dangers of SSO tied to a company that can unilaterally delete your account, and has little incentive to unlock it or even let you plead your case.

I feel like you are intentionally ignoring the dangers of crossing a road where there is a higher probability of dying than a FAANGM deleting your account.