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Hoshiai Shiho (woman who called out moves on NHK back when we could watch reuploads) plays


Our game used as a parable of entropy:

The Misunderstood Nature of Entropy

Specifically at 5:36 in the video. I mean the history of entropy/thermodynamics/stat mech is interesting, but just if anyone wanted to skip to the go analogy.


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I loved it, and that made me search for a video showing how black stones are made, but couldn’t find any. :frowning:

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Some years ago I did the same search. I’m very sad that nobody cares about slate stones :frowning:

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Without Slate, S&S would just be S…

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I would imagine that the black stones are shaped in a similar manner, grinding against a curved track, except that the original “blanks” are cut from slate instead of clam shells.

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Interesting. Has anyone seen this before?

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I had never seen a demonstration of this, but I had heard of it from browsing Sensei’s Library before:
https://senseis.xmp.net/?PaperAndPencilGo

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That’s pretty fun!

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I really don’t want to spoil the fun, but

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Poor Yeonwoo :cry:

I can only imagine the stress she is experiencing with first the tumor and now this

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horrible situation. hopefully she gets through positively soon.

For all those people who wanted to learn Japanese in another thread.

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3-1 Yo Seiki vs Kyo Kagen
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av80139211
3-2 Yoda Norimoto vs Kono Rin
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av80252602
3-3 Cho U vs Sun Zhe
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av81156264
3-4 Shida Tatsuya vs Ida Atsushi
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av82221167
3-5 Ichiriki Ryo vs Fujita Akihiko
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av83131627
3-6 Yamashita Keigo vs Takao Shinji
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av84152996
3-7 Shibano Toramaru vs Motoki Katsuya
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av85089636
1/4-1 Cho U vs Kono Rin
https://youtu.be/vpaDA5uKeYM
1/4-3 Ichiriki Ryo vs Shibano Toramaru
https://youtu.be/YBNX9xIRXBU