Phil9943

So I tried pushing one side completely down and then the other side completely down and that worked. Lol of course I get it as soon as I make a forum post. Thanks anyway guys hahahaha

Alright, thanks man!

Any hardcore chess fans on this forum? I think it's kind of interesting how little king's pawn gets played. They didn't even include it in the paper, and it's a move a lot of beginners tend to find, and you still see a lot of it when GM's play each other. It seems to have decided that Queen's gambit and English are good openings, but the English doesn't make much sense to me.
 
I'm not claiming I'm good actually good at chess, but just from a basic principle perspective, queens pawn and ruy lopez make more sense to me.

Google's Alphazero AI program took only 4 hours to teach itself chess well enough to beat the current world champion of computer chess, a chess engine named Stockfish. In a landmark event for computer chess, Alphazero tied 72 and won 28 of the 100 games it played against Stockfish 8. Alphazero was developed by Deepmind, a company acquired by Google in 2014, after defeating the world champion in Go with its own AlphaGo program back in October.
 
Deepmind released a paper detailing the results of their program, in which 10 of the 100 games were completely published and many statistics were shared. One image I found particularly interesting showed the frequency of openings played as the program became smarter over the 4 hours. (See Attached image) 
 
The image was taken from a much more deep analysis on chess.com. I will link their article but will credit Ars Technica as an original source.
 
Most chess engines that are popular today use a brute-force method of move calculation, a method that was almost always hindered by hardware, not necessarily by how they were programmed. However, Alphazero uses a different method of finding the best move. It uses a common AI technique known as enforcement learning. Many Grandmasters, who usually use engines such as Stockfish or Komodo as preparation tools, are eager for the program to become publicly available. GM Larry Kaufman, head of the Komodo engine, said he hopes that the program will effective on more than just Google's own servers.
 
The original paper can be read here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.01815.pdf
 
Original Article (from Ars Technica): https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/12/deepmind-ai-needs-mere-4-hours-of-self-training-to-become-a-chess-overlord/
10 published games of the 100 (for all the chess lovers): http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=91944&pid=125070
Chess.com analysis: https://www.chess.com/news/view/google-s-alphazero-destroys-stockfish-in-100-game-match

Well I actually got pretty lucky and these things have 2gb quadros on them but yeah i get you point

These graphs and the associates' info are both really helpful, thanks.

Someone could probably make an argument for this being in off-topic, but off topic specifically says "non-tech only". Don't have a seizure, there's not that much technology in this but please, bear with me.
 
 
 
I'm thinking about going to a community college and getting an IT major bachelor's degree. From there I'm thinking about becoming an entry level network specialist and earning enough money to eventually go to a flight school.
 
While yes, computers and networking are a hobby of mine, I really would like to become an airline pilot in the future. IT jobs can be stressful and draining, although flying over an ocean for hours on end is one of the most relaxing and satisfying jobs one could hold for the salary it pays. If I follow all the way through, I can make over $200,000 a year. Breakdown of that below.
 
Most of the rest of this post is info for all of you that may 
 
So then you might ask "well, if you don't really want to pursue networking, why not just go to a flight school straight out of college". Well, it's much more complicated than that.

Detailed explanation of why, or interesting info if you are curious about aviation:
In case you don't want to read all that, in short all of the education I would need to become an airline pilot is about $75,000
The only reason why I'm considering community college is because I will likely be working for very little pay for the first few years after this pilot education investment. I don't know if I'll be able to pay student loans from a big name college and take on flight training at the same time.
 
For a detailed breakdown of my future pay, read this:
If I reach the top of the ladder (not as hard compared to other jobs), I can make over $211,000 a year. Yeah. That's a thing.
 
The only problem is getting there.
 
If I go to a big name school like the University of Virginia (local for me, I think I have the grades to get into this one too), I'll be paying about $60,000 out of college. If I go to a local community college, take NOVA (Northern Virginia community college), I'll be paying about $20,000. My final question is : Will it matter if I go to community college or a big name school to get a base level networking/programming job that pays ~$35,000-40,000 a year? Thank you to any and all people that actually read through all of this. To those of you curious in aviation, I hope I taught you something new.

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a 1070 build for less than $800
 
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