Poker hands in five-card draw poker – Straight flush, Four of a kind and Full house

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In the classic game (without joker or added cards) the hands, or possible combinations, of the lowest to highest, are: No combination or draw, Current games that can be improved: Pair < Two pair < Three of a kind, Strong … Read More

Identification of agile methods in web development

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Common practices for all agile methods Common practices related to human resources Participation of end-user workgroups. Working groups with decision-making power. Autonomy and centralized organization of the team (motivation). Specification and permanent validation requirements. Common practices related to project pilot … Read More

Simple sequences of betting in poker

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To illustrate the mechanism of the betting and the corresponding mathematical reasoning, here it is assumed that: eight players play poker with 52 cards. The initial pot is an amount P; Alice opens, Bob calls, and the others fold; the … Read More

News aggregators

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In computing, an aggregator software braid several syndication contents together. It notify the update of a website or news to publish (by sound, visual, etc.). Also, it imports the new content in question and he does it for a set … Read More

Major poker tournaments

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Betting structure There are three different betting formats: In a structured betting system (fixed limit), bets and raises are of a specific amount, which increases steadily during the tournament. For example, for a stud tournament with seven cards and bets … Read More

Western philosophy as a way of life

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(Jean-Léon Gérôme, Diogenes, 1860. Romantic portrait which represents also the dog (in Greek “κύων”) which gave its name to cynicism.) The philosophy was understood very early as a way of life and not just as a theoretical reflection. In other … Read More

JavaScript

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Paradigm: Multi-paradigm: scripting, object-oriented (prototype-based), imperative, functional, event-driven Designed by: Brendan Eich Developer: Netscape Communications Corporation, Mozilla Foundation, Ecma International First appeared: May 23, 1995; 21 years ago Typing discipline: dynamic, duck Major implementations: V8, JavaScriptCore, SpiderMonkey, Chakra Influenced by: Lua, Scheme, Perl, … Read More

Omaha hi-lo split-8 or better

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 (Showdown in Omaha hi-lo. The left player wins the pot with nuts 5-4-3-2-1. The right player wins the pot with the strongest hand with a fives full of jacks, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poker_Omaha_hilo_showdown1.jpg)  (Best starting hand in Omaha hi-lo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poker_Omaha_Beispielhand2.jpg) In Omaha hi-lo … Read More

Developing web applications with JavaServer Faces

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Written in: Java Type: Web application framework Website: javaserverfaces.java.net JavaServer Faces (JSF abbreviated) is a Java framework for developing Web applications. Unlike other traditional MVC frameworks based on actions, JSF is based on the notion of components, comparable to that … Read More

Surprising observations on animal cognition

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(Back of honey bees to the fold after collecting pollen. Photo 2007) Animal intelligence (animal cognition) is a term referring to the cognitive abilities of animals and their study. The subject has given rise to numerous studies whose results not … Read More

A practical mathematics of optimal bluff, in poker as in real life

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(Second part. First part here: https://www.telework.ro/en/poker-bluff/. Image: World Series of Poker celebrity poker tournament – Rio Casino, Las Vegas, https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalooz/3724732892) Neutral point of bluff Alice may decide to penalize a possible bluff (with a frequency α), and Bob may have decided … Read More

Adobe Flash

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Developers: Adobe Systems, Macromedia, FutureWave Target platforms: Web browsers, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X Editor software: Adobe Animate, Flash Builder, FlashDevelop, Powerflasher FDT, Flash Catalyst, Scaleform Player software: Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Scaleform, Gnash, Lightspark Formats: SWF FLV FLA … Read More

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