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neural network demo
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Idea: 1 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun project and useful for beginners to build intuition
From 1 comment
Not unlike most neural network solutions :-P But hey, this seems to be a fun project more than anything else. And working in such low-dimensional spaces with an obvious…
ssivark on HN
Encouragement to finish and ship the idea
From 2 comments
Never just an idea. Remove the "just". It is a realised idea and it was important that you execute the idea and, to whatever useful extent, finish it. Don't allow that negative…
rs23296008n1 on HNOn point! So much harder to execute and create something real and tangible than pontificate.
stanfordkid on HN
Objections
Overengineered for the problem
From 1 comment
Am I the only one who thinks this is a little overengineered?
eerrt on HN
Not really self taught since the environment provides feedback and the rule is hard-coded
From 2 comments
The environment is the training data and you are forcing the NN to hit the target. It isn't self taught. No.
Nychtelios on HNIt doesn't look like totally self taught though "If the shot was to the left of the target, adjust the weights to the right and vice and versa. On this step I'm not saving the…
bluesign on HN
Equivalent to a simple PID controller or polynomial fit
From 2 comments
If it's done like that isn't it just an overly complex, not very good PID controller (with one or more of those letters missing)?
p1necone on HNSo you learnt a polynomial of order 2. Great job, I'm quite scared of the killer robots now.
mam2 on HN
Requests
Add wind strength and direction as in Worms
From 1 comment
yeah, I'm thinking about stealing wind strength and direction from the Worms game
atum47 on HN
Reference wind physics from Gorillas and Gunbound
From 2 comments
Remember Gorillas from the QBasic language? That had wind speed and direction. Perhaps helpful. https://github.com/GorillaStack/gorillas/blob/master/gorillas.bas
verst on HNGunbound was extremely complex with all kinds of variables including boomerang style projectiles.
goldenkey on HN
Questions
Will the network learn to aim at target edges?
From 1 comment
I wonder if it will teach itself to aim at the edges of the target zone, given that's where the "adjust to the right and vice versa" method will end up landing shots.
thomasfedb on HN
Is the Dejavu.js module from another project?
From 1 comment
I'm curious about the title of the module 'Dejavu.js'. Is it from another project?
reubens on HN
Alternatives named
Gorillas (QBasic game with wind)
From 1 comment
Remember Gorillas from the QBasic language? That had wind speed and direction. Perhaps helpful. https://github.com/GorillaStack/gorillas/blob/master/gorillas.bas
verst on HN
Gunbound
From 1 comment
Gunbound was extremely complex with all kinds of variables including boomerang style projectiles.
goldenkey on HN