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    Films Recently Watched

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    I saw Hobbit 2 again. Oh boy, the novelty of the 48 fps and 3d finally wore off and left me a bit bored by the first third of the film. Analysing our civilization through this product kept me mildly entertained until the end. I'll give it 2/10 for entertainment value, it's on the scale where jigsaw puzzles all get over 6.

    Films Recently Watched

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    The Hunt

     

    Full marks from me. Mads Mikkelsen is brilliant at conveying emotion through his eyes. Found it gripping throughout and quite heartbreaking. At so many points I thought it was going to go down more cliched roads but it stayed beautiful and subdued. Highly highly recommended, possibly film of the year for me. Just been added to Netflix so you have no excuse.

    wow, the reviews on rottentomatoes look good, 93% recommended but 94% "liked it", those are unusually high audience marks. Hmm, subject matter looks depressing though...

     

    It's not a happy chritmas movie, but if you want a proper drama film this is it.

    Board Game Discussion

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    To make Go more enticing, I'll explain it a bit more. It's an ancient game originating in China about 4,000 years ago. Like chess, there's no chance element like dice or anything along those lines. Rather, two players take turns placing stones on the intersections of lines on a 19x19 grid (usually, black vs. white). The object of the game is to surround as much territory (the number of "points", or intersections of lines) as possible. The player who does this wins.

     

    Even thought the mechanics of the game are ultimately very logical, there is a lot of psychology involved in playing. Due to its complexity, it's one of the "final frontiers" for artificial intelligence research. Unlike chess, the best go playing programs cannot defeat the best professional human players. That might change in a few years, but it's something that go players love to point out about the game. Me, I just like playing, and I don't really give a shit if a computer can beat me.

     

    I was introduced to the game by my logic professor in grad school. Before that I was really into Pente, which is an Americanized variant of Go-Moku (a child's variant of Go). I still like Pente, but Go really takes the cake for involving, surprising and challenging games, for me.

    How strong are you? I'm 1kyu seems like forever.

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