(Untitled)

[chronicfreetime]

By not playing Go for a couple weeks, I seem to have lost about five stones in strength. Which makes no sense, because I only play a few games a week anyway. I would have to invest a lot more time to keep up with my clubmates, which is not something I have right now

Comments

[darius]

Yeah, I read the Kademlia paper a couple years ago -- that xor metric's a beautiful little trick.

the two *appear* to be independent
Looks more like a positive correlation with lots of scatter, to me. (And I'm pretty far down on the quantity axis.) Don't really know, though.

Anyway, I'm starting to think that the key to improvement (on either axis) is to be able to turn off all the premature quality filters, and just make a big pile of experimental rubbish, which you can refine later.
It depends on the author -- that works great for some people, not others. "There are nine and sixty ways of composing tribal lays, and every single one of them is right!"

I trust you're enjoying your job better than the last one you posted about.

[chronicfreetime]

I trust you're enjoying your job better than the last one you posted about.

Well, I ended up at this job because I didn't want to abandon my unpaid efforts on a contract from the previous job. Yes, it's better, but writing stuff in Flash is still a nightmare. The last month or so I've had a better project, though.

[zenmondo]

I code like that. Quick intuitive bursts, just to "prove concept", then refinement, or re-writing.

I used to be better at go & chess, I would be able to think a handful of moves ahead, but I have lost the ability. I just react, and lose these days.

I don't know if its my manic-depression wearing out my brain, or the meds, or what... I miss those days.