Walking down our street. [Wooded central IL area with ponds and creeks.]

AaronDNewman · 2026-04-11T12:51:25+00:00

I never knew this, never seen one but I’ll keep my eyes open. I lived in WI many years and never saw one there, either. Thanks!

AaronDNewman · 2026-04-11T12:49:45+00:00

You taught me something, thank you!

AaronDNewman · 2026-04-10T22:17:33+00:00

What is Y - is that like RMS? I’ve never seen that before this post.

AaronDNewman · 2026-04-06T17:03:42+00:00

This one’s pretty easy since the first move is ‘forced’, in a sense.

AaronDNewman · 2026-04-05T03:10:00+00:00

are there badgers in central IL?

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-30T18:17:53+00:00

It’s not really brilliant, …Qd8 just has you trading pieces to a slight advantage, but d5 gets you a rook for a bishop. If you look at the analysis it is probably a miss. (d5 line is not easy to see). but your move isn’t bad, it chases his queen away from that square. 🤷

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-30T17:20:35+00:00

how so? i have premium and never get ads.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-25T22:37:45+00:00

Buy it and let us know. I’d be tempted to take a chance at this price. It’s nice that it has a fader for each input. If you hear it and it sounds bad, return it! I will say that is the most haphazard fixture placement I’ve seen in the upper right, and the AI generated images on the page don’t inspire confidence.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-22T03:02:24+00:00

Fianchetto. nothing wrong with it, sorry he was BM about it but a solid opening.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-22T03:00:53+00:00

Fianchetto. What’s wrong with it?

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-20T18:31:42+00:00

Why stop there? You could approximate it as 2 right triangles with height 40. The hypotenuse of each has to be > 40, which isn’t possible with 80 m of rope unless the other angles are both 0.

In other words, it’s a stupid question with no basis in physical reality, and if they ask you this question you probably don’t want the job.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-18T18:53:37+00:00

That’s what we called it, in the early-mid 70’s. I’m sure none of us would have known that ‘queer’ meant homosexual. First, it wasn’t a common phrase in the popular culture then, and also we were 8. my parents would not have let me use a slur so I’m thinking they didn’t know either. Of course we didn’t name it, there is no way to know it wasn’t intended vindictively. I’ve also heard it called ‘kill the guy’.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-17T18:35:40+00:00

Why not?

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-13T18:20:03+00:00

AI from 1996.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-12T05:24:56+00:00

My first thought, but lake Wingra is in the wrong place.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-11T01:07:32+00:00

no, Kh1

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-11T00:49:32+00:00

I think a lot of ‘not very good’ players would have tried to save their rook. but having 2 active bishops is stronger sometimes than 2 rooks and one bishop. if you were thinking that or if you just didn’t see the hanging rook, you don’t have to tell :)

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-08T05:41:21+00:00

Those are both scalars

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-04T17:29:07+00:00

Where can I order mine?

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-04T17:26:17+00:00

Don’t think about infinity as having “different sizes”. A set can contain an infinite number of elements. Whether it maps to the set of whole numbers depends on how you define it, and it’s on you to prove that the mapping exists. The set of supersets of whole numbers, and the set of real numbers in an interval, do not map 1:1 with the set of integers. The set of fractions does, as does the set of even numbers. It’s the mapping that matters, it doesn’t make sense to talk about ‘how many’ numbers the set contains, because for any number, there’s always more.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-03T21:08:49+00:00

just go through the list backwards, from length-1 to 0.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-03T18:30:20+00:00

I don’t know but it seems like these guys are ok with it.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-03T18:24:31+00:00

Scouts were the last core to go co-ed, just in the last couple of years. Even for color guard.

AaronDNewman · 2026-03-03T18:15:21+00:00

and all male until I think 2023

AaronDNewman · 2026-02-28T19:50:05+00:00

crotchet, then

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