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> x-maxxing morphed out of "minmaxing" in gaming culture.

Which comes from RPGs, the old school tabletop ones. Then I don't know if the ML/DS term "Minmax" predates the RPGs or if it's the other way around, neither would surprise me.



von neumann's minimax theorem dates back to 1928


Er shit, thanks for the correction. That's what I thought I was linking to. I'm not good at reddit.




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