Douglas Zare

I have a hard time keeping my GammonVillage articles straight. I’ve been writing a column for longer than I’ve had the computers I usually use, so I don’t even have all of the columns in one place, and there are some additional articles I have written for GammonVillage outside of my column.

Currently, you need a GammonVillage subscription to view the articles. However, I retain the copyright, so I may eventually post them here.
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Earlier this month, I went on a business trip to India to do some backgammon consulting. I was happy to use my background in mathematics, AI, and backgammon.

Here is a photo album from my trip, primarily featuring the food.

I plan to post some videos of backgammon lessons here.

This is a test of embedding a video from YouTube.

This is one of the most popular videos of Stephen Colbert, exposing the hypocrisy of a U. S. Representative.

“And you do Addition?” the White Queen asked.
“What’s one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?”        

“I don’t know,” said Alice. “I lost count.”

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass.

Perhaps I have gotten a bit rusty at mental arithmetic. I had difficulty computing a pipcount in backgammon, which I found a bit embarrassing. It is a straightforward calculation, but the difficulty was doing it accurately with no pencil and paper while an opponent rattles the dice.
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