I’ve been making one-move blunders in daily games this week… I have no excuse.
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I’ve been making one-move blunders in daily games this week… I have no excuse.
Those are just their custom vote buttons on the chess subreddit
Another strength of decentralized social media
They were so fun and over the top.
Yeah, too many rules stifle engagement.
Isn’t colorblindness almost exclusively found in males too?
Probably oversimplifying, but it’s something about the mutation being on the X chromosome, meaning women have a backup X and men don’t.
Even before the insane number of bots that are on reddit today, I believe that subreddit was one of the main ways for astroturf accounts to gain karma quickly. They knew that everyone was just there to look at happy things and would upvote heavily.
This is current problem in society that we don’t tolerate different opinion.
Exactly this. When online platforms become too homogeneous, any deviation from the typical opinions that are shared seems like a terrible, inexcusable offense that someone must do something about - thus, reinforcing the bubble.
We need to be able to disagree with each other and still get along.
Since most people are talking about the sign-up barriers, I’ll mention culture and reputation.
I love Lemmy and Mastodon, but whenever I’ve seen the fediverse brought up elsewhere, someone inevitably shuts down any curiosity by suggesting that it’s a political echo-chamber. I don’t think that’s accurate for all of it, but if that reputation is out there, we probably need to make an effort to show that there’s a broader appeal. If the average person is expecting the fediverse to be the left-wing equivalent of something like “Truth Social”, I could understand the reluctance to adopt it.
I don’t know if it can transpose into the London very easily, but I might be wrong.
Unless you’re suggesting that this man was involved in that situation, there’s room to feel sympathy for both murder victims. I know I do.
This man was a teacher and coach for 16 years who only recently became a police officer, and now he’s gone. If your first reaction to this news isn’t sadness, then I don’t know what to tell you.
A lot of people can’t see past their hate.
Hikaru, obviously
The integrity in this post is off the charts.
Love to see it.
I can’t believe you’re undefeated against Magnus!
Assuming you’re talking about a Souls game, I only just learned in Elden Ring that the dodge happens on release rather than press… I’ve been playing these games for years. Lol
Oof, you weren’t kidding.
I’m happy to talk chess any time.
If you’re just starting out and looking to improve, doing a search for “chess principles” helps so much, because they teach you simple, solid play without memorization. Then, whenever you DO want to learn an opening, they make more sense, like “Oh, this one is designed to let me castle early” or “Aha, I see that every opening revolves around different ways to take control of the middle squares”
The best way to get started is just to download either the chess.com app or the (open source) Lichess app, which are the 2 main platforms, and start playing. They have matchmaking (elo), so you’ll be paired against people around your level.
Oh, and take advantage of the puzzles. I burn through those for fun, and I credit them as the #1 way I’ve been improving.
Just brutal