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I’m really impressed with this chess program in less than 5kb of javascript.
Here is the code:

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I thought this quote from Bertolt Brecht was good:

“What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?”

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“Let’s recap… An automated system added an old link to a dynamic Web page. An automated system detected the link as a new story and cataloged it as a current event. Enter a human for the only part of this tale: an analyst picks up the story and passes it on, not realizing that it is old news. Automated trading systems start a massive stock self off based on the old headline…”

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