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#Worldle #491 1/6 (100%)
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easy one
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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[^], but, it wasn't a dream !
i didn't notice at first, but, there were mermen, also.
what would a merprogrammer be ? someone who can switch-hit between high-level languages, and assembly language ? someone on this forum, often, comes to mind ...
Β«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindledΒ» Plutarch
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I thought mermaids all looked like Ariel. Most of those mermaids look like Ursula. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Wordle 707 5/6
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At risk of giving people spoilers, I think that's a really obscure word!
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Wordle 707 3/6
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Wordle 707 3/6
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2nd word was more of hit-n-try from known 4 letters. Not heard of the word.
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Wordle 707 5/6*
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I always assumed it was a trademark! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Never heard the word
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 707 3/6
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Not that obscure, right?
They sell it at super markets, even the small one in the small village where I live.
But it could be different in your country, of course.
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Wordle 707 4/6
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Is there such a word? A headscratcher!
Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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Wordle 707 5/6
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Obscure I agree
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Many years ago my mother-in-law won Eagles concert tickets from a local radio station, she gave them to us for our anniversary, something like 4th row center seats. It was fantastic, really spot on harmonies, great playing, a joy to listen to. 
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#Worldle #490 4/6 (100%)
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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APM
In RTS esports the term APM means actions per minute, the term is being used to measure the number of actions a player is executing while playing. The type of orders that are counted as βactionsβ are selecting, Issuing attack orders, issuing move orders, issuing build orders. Very good Starcraft players used to have 200 APM or more when Starcraft was a trendy game. When a player has a high APM his gameplay method is being labeled with the term βmicromanagementβ. High APM is not just a skill, itβs a goal. In a esport RTS you always have to be doing something. You have to either assemble a rush and try to keep your enemy busy defending himself making him unable to expand or explore the map and hunt creeps, build an expansion etc.
Freedom of will
The thing at stake is to make AI micromanage units. If you have a base made of a command center (weβre talking Starcraft now), six SCVβs, three buildings for training units and six marines, Thatβs 16 entities total that may have their status changed every second. Every second you can leave your units doing what they did a second before or you can make them do something new. 16 decisions youβre taking every second because omission counts as a decision too. If you treat the marines like a group thatβs a single decision instead of six, same thing could be applied to the SCVβs. Now youβre left with 6 decisions per time step.
Building the prediction tree
When I said decisions I meant not a single decision but rather deciding about a unit or building. When a unit of yours is chased by the enemy to get away you can send it in up to 8 different directions, that means you have 8 options to consider ( OLA Option Level A) for each of the 8 OLA the chaser unit has 8 ways to counter (OLAC) we have 64 OLAC total until now. To each OLAC 8 ways to counter by chased, thatβs 64 * 8 OLB, etc.
The problem here is that the tree of possibilities grows fast on the horizontal. To solve this you may use possibilities in high resolution for lower level branches ( OLA, OLB 8 leaves per branch) and less options per branch as you go up the tree ( OLC, OLD 4 leaves per branch, 2 leaves for the remaining branches) When one branch from the prediction tree is confirmed the other branches of the same level and their leaves are removed. After that you have to increase the resolution at each level of the remaining tree.
Thatβs it for now.
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There's usually only "one" direction to counter being chased: the opposite direction.
(That would be a type of "pattern": avoiding)
I hear of some "great RTS" ... except when their troops "flee" in the direction of the enemy.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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>Thereβs usually only βoneβ direction to counter being chased
Depends where the opposite direction is leading to. It could lead to a pocket made from map features or buildings, or a combination of both. Or it could be another group of enemy units waiting. If you end up in a place like that the only way to escape is running towards the chaser. Another problem is that you want to be running in the clear Usually youβre moving a group of units not just one, that means your units need lots of space to pass all at once if the chase is taking place in a base. If you donβt have enough space a queue is created and the enemy will catch up with you.
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For that matter, there are more than "8" directions.
The part included in "avoiding", includes "threat assessment"; which then yields the most obvious line of retreat.
"Dispersed" troops do not move in an orderly manner, and based on the type of dispersion, are "out of command" for a particular amount of time.
And if the second is too close, they then too get dispersed when the first line breaks.
The idea that "they'll have lots of space" is counter to the whole concept maneuvering and how to pass defiles.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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When games like this are "free for a week", it's never clear to me whether that means you have a week to get it for free (and then keep playing whenever), or it means it stops working after a week.
I've seen both, and they never really make the distinction all that clear...
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Epic has an ongoing "free game of the week" program. The games they feature are free to download for that week. The game does not have any time bombs, and will keep working after the week is up. At least, that's been the case so far.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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With Epic, "Free" means "It's on offer for one week, but if you buy it and pay us nothing during that week, it's yours to keep and download when you want to".
I got GTA V that way some years ago.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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