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So here's a story of, by far, the weirdest bug I've encountered in my CS career. (threadreaderapp.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Along with @maciejwolczyk we've been training a neural network that learns how to play NetHack, an old roguelike game, that looks like in the screenshot. Recently, something unexpected happened.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

There was a speed runner that hit a world record or lost a world record run due to a random bit flip because of space radiation. That's gotta be worse than just not knowing the deeper mechanics of a very old game.