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by zeristor 1669 days ago
Before this used to be Play By Email games one from the 80s being Empire.

Sean Eddy, he’s probably on HNews, wrote some software to process the emails to get a lead on other teams.

As I remember the story this keen interest helped him hone the skills for genetics analysis, but he could just have been a natural.

https://www.the-scientist.com/uncategorized/a-mind-apart-450...

or:

https://archive.md/3IbBK

I’m reminded of Richard Feynman honing is mathematical skills at school competitions.

Suffice to say these skills with the impetus behind them are hugely useful.