Happy to announce the latest release of @NetHack_LE (version 1.2.0). You can now use the seed function to make the dungeon layout reproducible across training episodes. The in-level interaction and combat is still randomly determined and doesn't impact lower level layouts.

Introducing Scalable Option Learning (SOL☀️), a blazingly fast hierarchical RL algorithm that makes progress on long-horizon tasks and demonstrates positive scaling trends on the largely unsolved NetHack benchmark, when trained for 30 billion samples. Details, paper and code in >

Air travel is a modern marvel we completely take for granted ‣ 45,000 daily flights in the US ‣ with only ~1% cancelled and ~0 accidents ‣ taking you about anywhere on the planet in <1 day

Defeat in Cape Town. #STOvLEI #NeverLessThanEverything

Em, what? #STOvLEI

BREAKING: Dublin Airport evacuated after man is charged €15 for a pint

We live in a world where a blank new tab uses 70MB of memory. Let that sink in

Was in a bookshop and asked a worker if he could recommend books to me. He said "Sure, they're great".

Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.

"When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I'm in Leighlin Road, I say...I'm a Lynott." - #PhilLynott

Just texted our roommate who recently moved out if he accidentally took my copy of the Communist Manifesto His reply: "You mean our copy" 💀

Much of what we believe, we believe only because others believe it. But popularity is no substitute for evidence, and truth is not decided by the crowd.

🚨: Voyager 1, currently over 15 billions miles away, still operates using 69KB of memory, 8 track tape and Fortran code written in 1977!

We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. https://t.co/AjT8qmxsZI

P != NP

Fox News aired a segment on crime in Ireland, specifically Dublin, on 'The Will Cain Show'. The most brazen manipulation of statistics you're ever likely to see, lapped up by Trump-voters who don't care if something is true or not. I'll counter this garbage with facts. /1

It is with profound sadness that RTÉ announces the death of radio presenter and actor Seán Rocks. Seán died last night following a brief illness at the age of 63.    Well-known to listeners all over Ireland and the world, Seán presented RTÉ Radio 1’s nightly arts and culture

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i know a guy in his 40s who’s handsome, super wealthy, throws huge parties at his long island mansion, war veteran, into jazz… and yet he spends many of his nights staring across the manhasset bay wondering why he’s unable to find true love is modern dating really this broken?