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Comment Re:I don't know (Score 1) 131

There are many positions where the best move is obvious. But in complex, non-forcing positions chess engines often find moves that humans overlook. Engines play certain endgames perfectly. If a human plays too many computer moves, cheating is highly likely. From guardian.com: "The most important authentication tool Karali uses is a screening program employed by Fide, the international chess governing body. Ken Regan, a chess master and computer scientist, said he started developing the model in 2006 after a high-profile cheating accusation by Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov against Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in their world championship game. Regan’s model analyzes the possible moves in a chess position and projects the probability that a player of a given skill level would make a move that agrees with top chess engines."

Comment Re:Basic Economics (Score 1) 306

Inflation can occur from (A) more money, or (B) a shortage of goods/services, including (C) timing skews of demand for goods/services.

While one can certainly argue that (A) is a contributor to the current inflationary situation, it's also hard to deny (B) and (C) as well.

There is a difference between supply/demand imbalances that cause inflation in certain goods and services and excessive money which inflates most everything. It seem we have a bit of the former and a lot of the latter.

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