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Articles by Oliver Child

Oliver Child
Oliver Child is a high school student living in Brussels who is interested in all kinds of maths and computing. Oliver was first introduced to Menace by Matthew Scroggs, who has made a version of Menace that you can play against at mscroggs.co.uk/menace
All articles by Oliver
  • Menace: the Machine Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine

    Menace: the Machine Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine

    13 March 2016
    Teaching a bunch of matchboxes how to play tic-tac-toe

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Chalkdust is published by Chalkdust Magazine, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. ISSN 2059-3805 (Print). ISSN 2059-3813 (Online).