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AlphaZero's latest update only nabbed 3rd place at the recent World Computer Chess Championship. Perhaps a little too much hype but I guess you just need the general public to think you've created some new, amazing thing that can 'think.'

Leela Chess Zero != AlphaZero

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11-08-2018 , 04:31 PM

#2052

JudgeHoldem

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On a transatlantic flight the other day I watched The Most Unknown and thought it was awesome. It was about real science, not some gimmick BS.

https://www.gq.com/story/this-docume...u-love-science

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11-22-2018 , 02:24 AM

#2053

rockrock

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Just watched Operation Odessa. Basically the unbelievable plot and characters of a bad 90's action movie, but it's real life. Great stuff!

Unbelievable for sure. Highly rec'd

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12-05-2018 , 08:57 AM

#2054

RichGangi

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Won't You Be My Neighbor? was absolutely fantastic. What a human being he was. This struck all the right chords for me and I immediately watched it again. Highly recommended.

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12-24-2018 , 08:41 AM

#2055

thethethe

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Saw Free Solo last night about Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan in Yosemite without ropes. Really enjoyable movie with lots of funny bits with Honnold to go with the crazy 'sweaty palm' shots.

Saw it with my parents, who also really liked it even though it's not at all their kind of thing.

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12-26-2018 , 06:37 PM

#2056

trob888

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Another climbing doc, The Dawn Wall is available to rent on Youtube and Amazon. It's about Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's free climb of El Capitan's Dawn Wall. Goes into some background on Tommy and why he took on the impossible project. It doesn't quite have the "sweaty palms" shots like Free Solo (mostly due to them using ropes) but it's still very well done.

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12-27-2018 , 12:56 AM

#2057

DuckU

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Originally Posted by thethethe

Too funny, I also saw this with my parents and they liked it. I really liked and had seen Alex Honold speak at showing of another climbing movie called "Valley Uprising".

I recommend Valley Uprising if you liked Free Solo

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01-08-2019 , 08:19 PM

#2058

PoppaTMan

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Lifeboat

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...-room-lifeboat

Doc. team embeds with Sea-Watch, an org. that patrols the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya to rescue people risking their lives to escape the brutal slave trade there.

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01-09-2019 , 08:35 AM

#2059

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The Dawn Wall - follows Tommy Caldwell's dream to climb the dawn wall, an insanely difficult route in Yosemite. It goes a lot into his very interesting past, and how he became one of the very best big wall climbers.

Really enjoyable if you like climbing stuff. A lot less edge of your seat/impressive to the layman than Honolds film, even though the actual climb was technically way way harder.

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01-09-2019 , 11:56 AM

#2060

RichGangi

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Highly recommend American Circumcision. Very eye-opening. Societal norms ftl.

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01-13-2019 , 09:40 PM

#2061

wowsooooted

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Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee

Saw this on netflix while I was high AF... sometimes tech enterpenuers go in a different direction, I hope he goes into more of an 'elon musk' kind of space now hes 'free', he definitely has the talent

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01-21-2019 , 09:21 AM

#2062

RichGangi

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Abducted in Plain Sight was insane. Do not Google, just watch. You can't make this **** up.

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01-22-2019 , 02:58 PM

#2063

Rococo

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Abducted in Plain Sight was insane. Do not Google, just watch. You can't make this **** up.

This is confirmed next-level bonkers.

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01-22-2019 , 06:20 PM

#2064

KansasCT

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So Free Solo was nominated for an oscar in the best doc category.
just makes me want to freeze myself until this movie comes out on bluray. (no showings in my country)

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01-23-2019 , 11:47 AM

#2065

kingofcool

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Abducted in Plain Sight was insane. Do not Google, just watch. You can't make this **** up.

Jaw-dropping. After 'Dear Zachary', probably the most ****ed up documentary i have seen.

Spoiler:

Last edited by kingofcool; 01-23-2019 at 11:53 AM.

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01-24-2019 , 02:44 AM

#2066

krunic

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So Free Solo was nominated for an oscar in the best doc category.
just makes me want to freeze myself until this movie comes out on bluray. (no showings in my country)

Can't wait for Free Solo as well. I watched The Dawn Wall and Valley Uprising this week. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has zero interest in ever doing any actual rock climbing (or at least not free soloing) but I love climbing docs.

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01-24-2019 , 02:52 AM

#2067

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Bleed Out

A guy documents his legal battle against the hospital that botched his motther's hip replacement surgery. Worth watching if you're in the mood for getting riled up about USA#1 health care system.

3/5

Love, Gilda

Biography of Gilda Radner. I'd seen a lot of her SNL stuff, but I had no idea she married G.E Smith, or Willy Wonka.

4/5

Kusama Infinity

Biography of artist Yayoi Kusama. It was interesting to see how other artists of her time straight ripped off her ideas. Warhol confirmed douche.

4/5

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01-24-2019 , 03:27 AM

#2068

KansasCT

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I was never into climbing but followed suggestions from people ITT and watched meru -> valley uprising -> dawn wall, in this order. now I can't wait for free solo. if you haven't yet, check out meru. it has jimmy chin (guy that produced free solo) in it and iirc it's on netflix.

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01-24-2019 , 04:00 AM

#2069

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Abducted in Plain Sight was insane. Do not Google, just watch. You can't make this **** up.

Just finished this based on this thread. Yep, insane is about right. Not worth even trying to put into words, just watch it.

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01-24-2019 , 10:16 AM

#2070

Sugar Nut

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Yeah, I watched it without looking up what it's about, as was recommended above. Definitely insane, but I'm not sure I believe all of it. Just seems a bit too bizarre to me. Granted I haven't done any research on it, and I was entertained watching it, so who really cares whether it's 100% accurate or not, but...

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01-24-2019 , 12:56 PM

#2071

krunic

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Has anyone seen Fyre and/or Fyre Fraud? These were two docs about the same topic, released 4 days apart from eachother. Both have good reviews on imdb. Just wondering which is better, or if it's worth watching both.

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01-24-2019 , 01:00 PM

#2072

krunic

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Yes I saw Meru a few months ago, excellent.

I'd say my fav out meru/dawn wall/valley uprising has been dawn wall. It had such a Rocky feel to it with that dude busting his finger and then coming back strong.