John Chamberlain

Newington – Town Affairs – Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Election Day is Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Town elections are coming up next week. I am running for the positions of Budget Committee Member and Library Trustee. Major warrant articles include a million dollar bond for sewer improvement, the $9 million budget itself and capital outlays for the public ambulance and unfinished road projects. Polls open at 11am at the town hall and close at 7pm.

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Budget Breakdown

The $9 million town budget breakdown for 2019 is shown below with approximate aggregations into principal categories. The largest item, sewer projects, are partially offset by planned tax increases for the commercial beneficiaries.

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AlphaStar Chases the Singularity

Something extremely important has just happened in the field of AI which has significant implications for mankind. After about 2 years of effort, DeepMind has figured out how to succeed at StarCraft. On December 10, 2018, their Starcraft AI called "AlphaStar" beat a strong amateur for the first time and two weeks ago it beat a second-tier professional player 10-1 in a live event. AlphaStar uses a new method of neural network training that promises to give computers the ability to create genuine strategies for the first time--the last remaining serious obstacle to achieving artificial intelligence. ....

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bio · Revised 4 March 2019 · Pure Content