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I wonder what the average power draw is.

Good list, though it is missing The Culture series of Iain M Banks.

rmbeon Prison Bankers Who Profit from the Inmates

It's not a free market because the people sending the money (the customers, in this case) don't get to choose which provider to use.

rmbeon Strongest chess player, ever

I did. I was complaining about the rated strength of the AI levels, they're off by a wide margin.

rmbeon What Happened When We Tried to Publish a Real Paper Investigating Time Travel

this one fits too http://xkcd.com/675/

rmbeon Strongest chess player, ever

lichess doesn't seem to be giving it enough juice to perform at its stated levels at the moment.

On my first try I managed to draw the highest AI level, rated at 2510, while my rating is under 2000 irl. (I was unable to find an "offer draw" button so relied on the 50-move rule) Against stockfish running on my PC that would be impossible. http://en.lichess.org/reDfuSvI

rmbeon Google faces up to $5B fine from Competition Commission of India

India is a sovereign country, their laws don't need to make sense.

EU antitrust fines are also capped at 10% of the total turnover. http://ec.europa.eu/competition/cartels/overview/factsheet_f...