Johnnie Rios
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New Off-Grid LoRa Projects for your Meshtastic device.
If you're as obsessed as I am about Prepping for disasters and difficult sitatuations then you must read about everything from solar power to water filtration, to agriculture, to composting toilets and you can explain the usefulness of each at length.
By Johnnie Rios11 months ago in Geeks
Unorthodox Brilliance: Fischer and AlphaZero
All experiments that are related to the games when you have humans versus machines in the games - whether it's chess or 'Go' or any other game - machines will prevail not because they can solve the game. Chess is mathematically unsolvable. But at the end of the day, the machine doesn't have to solve the game. The machine has to win the game. And to win the game, it just has to make fewer mistakes than humans. Which is not that difficult since humans are humans and vulnerable, and we don't have the same steady hand as the computer. - Garry Kasparov
By Johnnie Rios11 months ago in Gamers
The Power of Basic Income: Creating a Just and Equitable Society
I am an advocate for a more equitable and egalitarian society. I have to be; I am a die-hard Star Trek fan. I seek out as much content as I can on the subject and one of the videos I am most moved by is the TEDx talk by the popular Dutch historian and author, Rutger Bregman.
By Johnnie Riosabout a year ago in Futurism
Mastering D4 Mainlines: A Guide to Chess Openings for Beginners
Chess is an elegant and almost mystical game that players can endlessly explore. As a beginner, it can be overwhelming to learn all the different chess openings and strategies. However, one of the most important and fundamental chess openings to understand is the Queen's pawn opening. In this post, we'll explore the opening from the perspective of white, helping you visualize the strategies and possibilities that come with D4 mainlines.
By Johnnie Riosabout a year ago in Gamers