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- What's the training corpus, just the canonical Mitchell and Webb sketch? Or ancilliary data like comments and references, or worse synthetic data generated on the primary sources?by TZubiri
- what's going on with python that this is considered zero-dependency? requirements.txt, import gradio?by bosshawg
- > gradio is needed only for the demo. The model itself never needs it.
The “Usage” section doesn’t involve installing any dependencies, for example: https://github.com/GraafHenk/numberwang#usage
by minitech - Is this using the rules from the official board game?by voidUpdate
- Any plans on implementing Wordwang?by boobsbr
- My friends, this is the single most hilarious thread I have ever experienced on the Interwebs. I am deeply grateful to have found this. I feel like my life is now complete.by karim79
- This is hilarious and I miss numberwang. Also, the history of numberwang. And everything to do with numberwang. It was the most prescient sport back in the day.
I'm glad that someone has stepped up to revive the legacy of numberwang.
by karim79 - How did you all first learn about the original Numberwang? Netflix?by da02
- I was forced to watch their atrocious sketch show while waiting in someone's house before we departed for the local pub.by IslandRebel
- Some Mitchell and Webb sketches are posted on youtube.by JuniperMesos
- Here is the history:by karim79
- I knew the Mitchell and Webb duo from _The Peep Show_ and one day (long before the pandemic) I saw a comment on Slashdot about working from home linking to this sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk
Then I watched that show and learned about Numberwang.
- Some of us aren't American! (Or young)
In the UK we watched it on the Beeb when it was aired.
by mellosouls - Hey! I was not consulted?by numberwan9
- Amazing, I passed by Mornington Crescent only yesterday!by jl6
- I tried to pass Mornington Crescent the other day, but I was in Knip; bloody typical. As you’d expect, I ended up double-shunting onto the Victoria Line.by yoz
- I happened to be born at the right time for Mornington Crescent to be temporarily closed in the exact window when I was travelling to London often, using the Tube on my own, and listening to ISIHAC and so for a while I assumed the joke was that it'll never open - and then one day of course it re-opened.by tialaramex
- You're playing with fire here, don't forget the tragedy of Colosson. Computers weren't meant to do this.by bonyt
- I AM COLOSSON I AM NUMBERWANG THE WORLD IS NUMBERWANG THEREFORE I AM THE WORLDby Hackbraten
- For those confused by this, here is the Mitchell and Webb "Numberwang" sketchby codeulike
- There are many sketchesby gabrielsroka
- And that's a bad miss...by doormatt
- Sadly OPs explanatory comment has been flagged into oblivion (see far below) because the automod could not comprehend the importance of NUMBERWANGby codeulike
- Featuring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman!by pimlottc
- Rotate the board!by grufkork
- And here's the history of Numberwang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofnDdi-vfw
- Some quality comments on there as well
“I asked someone how the stock market works, and they sent me this link. I should feel duped or trolled, but I think I actually learned something.”
by fisherjeff - I don't think that this produces correct results, as it seems to determine whether each individual number is Numberwang. However, whether a number is Numberwang can also depend on the previous numbers in the sequence or other factors.
So I think as it stands right now this model can only determine whether a number would be Numberwang as the first number of a sequence, but even for that I still wouldn't rely on this in the actual game show.
by tazjin - I'm also not sure that we know a non-number can never be Numberwang.by aesthesia
- Do we really know that? Or have we only seen the sequences from people searching for Numberwang? Has a number been both Numberwang (or Wangernumb) and not Numberwang (or Wangernumb)?by wrs