It is the fate of many senior programmers to become babysitters of junior programmers. Now that the juniors are AI, that kind of moves everybody up a rung. At this rate, we might see new programmers turn into middle managers by year 5!

... let's make off with their TV! :D

True, but at least this way the warmongers had to take time out of their day to make me a gameboy.

I can certainly understand not wanting to put money in the pocket of a weapons manufacturer, but like 20-30% of our income goes to them anyway. The only way to avoid enriching them would be to earn no income, and therefore pay no taxes. So since we all bear the ethical and moral burden of having blood stained hands already, we might as well enjoy that sweet retro handheld.

Now that I am in my mid-fourties, I think I will find a lord to whom I will pledge my undying fealty.

It's going to be recycled into products that we'll use. In fact, some of its constituents are "forever chemicals." One sip from a bottle derived from a bit of the cable, and it will be with us for the rest of our lives!

Yes! Clearly, this story was written by the 1% who wishes everyone's shoulders were like theirs.

It took just one Dennis Ritchie to do that back in the 70s, and he used much less water in the process!

*turns feature on* Thanks for the tip!

Both are played with white and black stones, but they play very differently. In go your object is to surround territory. If a group of stones is completely surrounded, then they are captured and taken off the board and counted toward your score. You can place a stone anywhere on the board so long as that stone has at least one liberty (a blank spot next to it or next to a line of adjacent stones of the same color) and so long as you don’t recreate a prior board position with the same player to play.

So really, the rules are simpler than Othello but the play is much more challenging. You get all sorts of abstract battle field type tactics, building supply chains, making converging forces, all sorts of stuff.

Nah, once you get into it you start wanting luxury rocks. Thick kaya wood boards with their own legs with shell and slate stones that make the "pa-chick" sound just so. Oh, and that kaya board needs to have the bottom hand carved by a master to get just the perfect resonance. Well worth the $3,000.00 price tag! (Provided you have someone to play with on the regular.)

But alas, I do not have a go playing friend. At least not in meat space. So I have a few cheap boards and play online.

Ok, so that's not the "go" the article is talking about.

Go, the game, should catch on IMHO. I find it to be much richer than chess, both to play and to watch. Also, it has a kickass manga to go with it, so what's not to love?

I love that line. In the DVD Commentary that I have, Adam West playfully quipped at that moment "Well, that about sums up my post-Batman career."

I think I'll break out the old boxed set this evening and have some campy fun. Penguin for Mayor! Pengy, the people's pick!

Ok, so I have a favorite character; stemming from the fact that Burgess Meredith is one of my all time favorite actors. In fact, the movie they shot between seasons 1 and 2 is where my screen name came from. Want to buy a diesel powered surplus pre-atomic submarine but you're a super villain? You'll need a clever alias, Mr. P. N. Gwen :D

I’ve never been one to idle well. Back when I worked in industry, I would take on consulting work because I was pretty bored by Sunday, but then I became an academic. There’s an infinite supply of work to do! I can teach, research, code, and plot subterfuge to my heart’s content. I do that six days a week and then read and binge watch stuff on Saturdays. It’s great, and AI will have to pry those two days out of my cold dead hands if it wants to make me work four days only!

Then again, I could compromise. Perhaps I could plot subterfuge with the AI. Hmmm