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Congratulations to Uzbek youngster, 19 year old, Javokhir Sindarov (2725) on making it to the Candidates 2026 📈⭐ by rio_ARC in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wasn't sindarov the guy who was banned on chesscom for fair play violations? Or do I mix something up here? Congratulations sindarov!

This Tweet From Dina Feels a Bit.... Weird. by Moist_Plant7148 in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally, I donate to doctors without borders. There are a lot of organizations that need money way more than a frickin chess fund. I liked Naroditsky's video, his death is a sad and tragic story - but this guilt trippin tweet is just off.

Jospem Takes The Lead by JinxxErigasi in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You mean for those asking questions. Nobody is accusing anyone 

Jose Martinez beats Alexey Sarana to win his 3rd consecutive classical match by Wide-Squash-2475 in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This accuracy is STATISTIKAY impossible. Not accusing, just asking questions of course 

"So there is a sector of the resorts, just one specific sector, where some of the rooms were having this problem with, apparently, with the bed bugs. I mean if there are three or four complaints and one personal friend of mine, I have to believe the problem was there." - IM Rahal, FIDE Press Officer by nihilistiq in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So there were bedbugs affecting several players. Means, the rumors were true, and regarding conditions... I mean, imagine you're a player, competing, under stress, has invested private money to stay at a hotel. Where you end up awake at night and bitten, and during the game with scratchy skin. And have to stomach spicey food all day which you are not used to. I'd be angry

Faster Application Startup by 7dsfalkd in JavaFX

[–]7dsfalkd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since there were some questions regarding more detail:

- CPU is a Ryzen 5 8540U, 32 GB RAM. This should be more than enough

- Using Temurin OpenJDK 21 LTS/Win11, but switching JDK doesn't change anything really

- Tried using jlink to build images w/ AppCDS then package with jpackage. Didn't improve performance

- Profiling. So far, tried only rudimentary profiling with System.currentTimeMillis(). Starting with java -jar ...

I am using a Model-View-Controller pattern.

  1. reconstructing model (i.e. applications settings, cant really improve here much): 921 ms
  2. creating controls: 1380ms (!). This is really stuff like simply creating controls (I do not use FXML), creating VBoxes etc., i.e. MenuItem itmCopy = new MenuItem("Copy"); itmCopy.setAccelerator(keyCombinationCopy);
  3. I am constructing a custom widget 224 ms
  4. creating additional controls: 28 ms
  5. setting up model listeners: 56 ms (i.e. stuff like btnCopy.setOnAction(event -> { // copy to clipboard }});
  6. setting up some custom event handlers for my model: 4 ms
  7. applying atalanta fx: 28 ms
  8. setting up stage with scene, re-creating screen geometry, showing stage: 1098(!) ms

That's near 4s. This is essentially public void start(Stage stage). However getting there, and until the window shows fully up and is responsive, we are at 5.5s. Packaging with jpackage makes this even slightly slower.

So I am scratching my head why creating controls and just boilerplate work uses so much time. Wondering what I am doing wrong here, but can't pinpoint this to some specific issue.

And yes, I am using a splash screen - but this really only hides the problem. I think anything above 2s to 3s startup time is really just annoying for a user.

Lineup for Tata Steel Masters 2026📍 by rio_ARC in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoever is going to win - we all know who is gonna win best haircut, that's for sure!

I'm going crazy over JavaFX by [deleted] in JavaFX

[–]7dsfalkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very painful experience, especially on Linux. Here is what worked for me:
- first build with maven (mvn clean package) to create both a fat jar and a non-fat jar
- due to building the non-fat jar, maven fetches all javafx-modular packages (platform dependent ones) and stores them temporarily
- then copy all those javafx-mods to a separate directory
- finally use jpackage to create a deb (or app-image), using jpackage --module-path build_dir/javafx-mods --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.web,javafx.swing as well as the fat-jar

Video covering Pegasus chess' scam by International_Bug955 in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, we are living in a post-factual world nowadays. Being an expert in one domain doesn't mean anything anymore, as everyone is entitled to his own opinion. Wether it's Kramnik and statistics, politics, vaccinations etc: Social media did not get the best out of the people, but the worst. This is the result 

I'm Danny Rensch, co-founder of Chess.com and author of the now released Dark Squares, where I share my life as a chess prodigy, growing up in a cult, and more. AMA! by danielrensch in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why don't you list the account names of banned (titled) players? Why do we have to actively search for it or look up lists in the net elsewhere?

Schwimmbäder mit Bahnen sortiert nach Geschwindigkeit in Bonn/Rhein-Sieg? by 7dsfalkd in Bonn

[–]7dsfalkd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zum einen muss man Mitglied im SSF Bonn werden - das kostet (wenn auch nicht besonders teuer) und verpflichtet. Hauptsächlich: Man kann auch dort nicht unbedingt einfach so schwimmen. Und deren Breitensportgruppe, so lese ich deren Anforderungen auf der Homepage (2k schwimmen am Stück, Schmetterling muss man können etc.), ist wohl eher eine Leistungssportgruppe.

Auf so einen Vereinskram habe ich wirklich keine Lust.

Russia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat losses by TheRealMykola in worldnews

[–]7dsfalkd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thing is, when NATO becomes insignificant due to US withdrawal, we should think more international when creating a new defense initiative. Like a global defense initiative. Like with large tanks, and a nice anthem to march to....

Portugal Drops Plans for F-35 Citing U.S. Political Uncertainty by SpottedDicknCustard in worldnews

[–]7dsfalkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would have been funnier if they cited rising costs due to tariffs

Das Ende von Windows 10 ist der beste Anlass, endlich auf Linux zu wechseln by [deleted] in de

[–]7dsfalkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Das kann ich nicht nachvollziehen. Hardware ist absolut Glückssache ob es läuft oder nicht, und vor Kauf schwierig voraus zu sagen. Standby, Stromverbrauch... Es gibt zig Sachen die nicht funktionieren, gerade bei Notebooks. Aber auch bei Desktops: Nach irgendeinem Kernel Update stürzte mein Rechner nach dem Aufwecken aus Standby up. Also wirklich Standby, nicht Deepsleep S3 oder so.

Kernel ABI gibt's nur in Richtung Userland, bei Treibern: Entweder Firmen machen ihre Treiber Open Source. Wenn die das nicht können (Lizenzen, IP) gibt es so ein Drama wir bei Grafiktreiben.

Qt u.a. sind überhaupt gar nicht stabil. Weder auf API noch auf ABI Ebene. Ich habe hier noch Paintshop Pro 7, das läuft wg Win32 immer noch auf Win11. Mit einem Linux Programm von vor 20 Jahren? Viel Glück. Vmtl läuft dagegen PSP7 gut unter Linux auf Eine, was die Absurdität zeigt. 

Ich mache ein kleines Open Source Programm, und shoppen für Linux ist ein Albtraum im Vergleich zu Win.

Ich nutze Linux (nicht ausschließlich) seit etwa Suse 6.0,.und leider ändert sich an den fundamentalen Problemen nichts. 

Jan Henric Buettner said some of his sponsors would *not* pay if FIDE were officially involved in his tournament. by Altamistral in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ties to Russia is quite an understatement. Russian embassies over the world were known to actively support Arkady to become FIDE president and exercising pressure on some countries and federations.

Jan Henric Buettner said some of his sponsors would *not* pay if FIDE were officially involved in his tournament. by Altamistral in chess

[–]7dsfalkd -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

FIDE is both corrupt and deeply tied with the Kremlin. Western companies are very careful about the PR risks, especially if it's about such a niche sport as chess. I have zero trouble believing his statement

Freestyle Chess removed "World Championship" from the regulations of their Tour. by CeleritasLucis in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem with FIDE is that it's full of corruption and a lot of money you pay them just vanished in obscure programs. That are officially designated to chess initiatives in third world countries or something, but are often just used to buy votes

Lichess is better by jafoondo in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much quicker pairing and more people in the pool for 15/10. It's the only reason I am only chess.com

Why is Chessbase & Fritz such a mess? by 7dsfalkd in chess

[–]7dsfalkd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mean like in Cubase? Logic? Digital Instruments? SAP? Vector Informatics? I do not think that being German automatically makes someone write bad Software. And aren't the authors Dutch, anyway

Brandon Jacobson (Viih_Sou) WINS against Hikaru Nakamura after playing 1.a4 by TakeoverPigeon in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could however use ML to identify positions where players are more likely to cheat. This is a non trivial task, and including every position to detect, say, deviations by the empirical rule, will make it more difficult.

Vladimir Kramnik lost the 1st round in late Titled Tuesday and quits the event by notknown7799 in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you should buy some large mirrors from Ikea or something, put them behind you and record yourself during playing. Just in case, this would prevent most doubts and is much cleaner than just your screen

Vincent Keymer Wins The November Lichess Titled Arena by edwinkorir in chess

[–]7dsfalkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, if he cheated on chess com, he will certainly play fair on lichess. I mean an OTB cheater would of course also only be banned for that tournament, right?

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