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comment by BrainBurner
BrainBurner  ·  3806 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Hubski genetic algorithm car challenge.

How do you people get over Mt. Hubski? Damn that hill. I ran around 40 generations with some excellent cars but they just couldn't tough it out and get up that hill. All my top scores just ended up being within less than a foot of each other.

I'd also like to mention my Macbook pro starts wheezing like it's dying once this program starts to crank so I'm afraid to let it run too long. Think I might need to finally invest in some more memory.





iammyownrushmore  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I dunno if you've tried this already, but clicking the "Surprise" button runs the simulation without the display, maybe that'll help your ailing macbook?

BrainBurner  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's kind of a moot point because it stops running once I switch browser windows. Is there a way to change that?

iammyownrushmore  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just pulled that tab into it own window and let it be.

wasoxygen  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I only ever had one car make it up the hill. The others look like so many salmon failing to get upstream. I think you have to get lucky.