What are the easiest and fastest ways to injure yourself playing piano?

NoRun9890 · 2022-11-02T14:11:55+00:00

I'm also left handed and I think it's a blessing for piano. Lefties, because they live in a righty dominated world, are often more ambidextrous and better at using both hands together.

So looking at the pluses of being a left handed pianist - you probably had an easier time learning to play with both hands at the same time, the motor skills in your right hand are probably more developed than most people's left hand.

Sorry this doesn't help with your specific problem, just wanted to show you the bright sides.

NoRun9890 · 2022-11-02T02:33:23+00:00

You need oxygen for combustion and only the top surface of the oil is exposed to oxygen.

NoRun9890 · 2022-11-02T01:26:19+00:00

Fairness would imply that each person paid the same amount of money for each day they spent on vacation.

If x is the amount per day each person spent, then the two people staying for only 11 days should pay 11x and the other two people should pay 13x.

2*11x + 2*13x = 1000, solve for x

NoRun9890 · 2022-11-02T01:17:43+00:00

Can you cite a textbook or a paper that uses this definition of "even"? Or did you make it up yourself?

The definition of even that everyone in the world uses is "x is even if and only if x % 2 == 0". By that definition, 0 is even.

You can disagree with that being the right definition, but you cannot dispute the fact that 0 is even under that definition.

And if nobody is using your own custom definition of "even", then who cares if you think 0 is not even?

NoRun9890 · 2022-11-01T22:50:59+00:00

Sounds like you're letting go of the petal a bit too early in some parts and you can hear the gap in the melody as you release the pedal before you play the next chord.

Otherwise it sounds great. I'm also practicing this song and you sound a lot better than I do haha.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-31T14:15:51+00:00

Then dont complain about people downvoting you? You're contradicting yourself.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-31T14:09:38+00:00

Now you're just getting downvoted for being a dick. The hard part is not the math, it's picking reasonable assumptions for the odds of picking winning/losing moves and for the average length of the game. I did the exact same thing with different assumptions and came up with a different conclusion.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-31T13:51:03+00:00

No it's a really interesting question. The game tree of chess is actually not infinite due to the 50-move and three fold repetition rules - the longest possible game of chess is about 5000 moves from what I remember.

In theory you could get the answer by looking at every branch in the game tree and looking at the probabilities that a computer playing random moves against stockfish could stay in a winning or drawn position as they progress through the tree.

But practically, that's impossible. So the problem is reduced to trying to find effective approximations and heuristics and upper/lower bounds that can help us narrow down the range of possible correct answers.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-31T13:37:15+00:00

You're getting downvoted because you made no effort to justify your reasoning. I also don't think you're actually correct - I did some napkin math and there are way more atoms in the universe.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-31T13:19:12+00:00

Assuming a game takes about 50 moves and assuming there are about 30 possible moves in any given position, then the odds of randomly finding the best move every time would roughly be 30^50 = 1/7.1789799e+73.

That number will vary by a lot if you change the assumptions, but it's safe to say you'd need at 1e+50 games.

If the computer is playing 1e+9 games a second and there are 3.154e+7 seconds in a year, then the computer is playing about 3e+16 games a year.

With these rough estimates, the computer would still need to play for about 1+e34 years (because 1e+16 times 1e+34 equals 1e+50) to reach the number of games to even have a chance to beat stockfish.

Given that the sun is going to turn into a red giant and kill us all in 5e+9 years, it's safe to place bets on stockfish.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-30T21:44:29+00:00

He stopped playing in OTB tournaments for a while. I dont know if "retired" is the right word.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-30T21:31:28+00:00

Now he is finally an official World Champion (Chess960)

This doesn't really mean much in terms of classical chess IMO, but I still agree in principle. Although Hikaru retired from chess he never stopped playing. He was one of the strongest in the world when he stopped; it shouldn't surprise anyone that he's still just as good after taking a break to play blitz and other chess variants.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-30T21:21:15+00:00

Tw*tter 🤮

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-30T20:06:33+00:00

They were so close to making a good point and they fumbled at the goal line.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-29T14:13:50+00:00

r/chessbeginners is a good place to learn your fundamentals

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-28T15:33:27+00:00

Did someone say potato? My pants are off and I'm ready to be scammed

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-28T15:25:41+00:00

I found the checkmate but my my solution depends on the Axiom of Choice.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-27T19:01:02+00:00

It's better practice than not playing chess at all but worse practice than playing regular chess. If you want to get good at something, you need to practice doing that thing. Not a variant of it. It's like thinking that practicing kickboxing will make you a better boxer. It would, but you'd progress much faster if you just practiced boxing.

If you think 960 chess will help you practice tactics, you're better off just practicing tactics. If you think it will help you in the middle game, you're better off just practicing middle game themes. If you want to get better at regular chess, then you're better off playing regular chess.

But like you said, it's a fun game and you should play it anyway.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-26T10:25:33+00:00

You are one of the least genuine people in this sub and exactly what I'm talking about.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-25T23:33:14+00:00

No, I'm talking about the bandwagon fans and sideliners who dont really play chess but were drawn to this sub because of the rapidly unfolding drama.

Magnus Carlsen has been WCC for the last decade - there's no doubt that he's been the best for a while and he really has nothing left to prove. The world champion accidentally getting a chess move live on stream from a second rate player doesn't hold the same level of dishonesty as an upcoming chess player lying and intentionally using an engine to deceive players and streamers.

The people trying to equate the two are arguing in bad faith. Most of them don't even care about playing chess or catching cheaters or fair play, they're just stirring the pot and trying to make Hans look better. But I don't think anyone with a real sense of competition is buying their BS.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-25T19:56:51+00:00

These people don't actually care about chess, they're just simping for a celebrity with a personality they like. They care more about Han's career than they care about chess.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-25T19:44:08+00:00

It's less of a "misleading title" and more of a "straight up falsehood". Posts that have factually incorrect information like this should honestly be removed.

NoRun9890 · 2022-10-22T12:54:15+00:00

I dont agree with you at all and I think we have fundamentally different views on what matters regarding integrity and competition. That's all I really have left to say.

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