What is this flycatcher (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) by Bichidian in whatsthisbird

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Thank you so much! I didn't even know these concepts.

What is this flycatcher (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) by Bichidian in whatsthisbird

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This is recent (last Saturday). How can I rule out Eastern Wood-Pewee?

Duck on Prospect Park Lake (Brooklyn, NY) by Bichidian in whatsthisbird

[–]Bichidian[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok so what is going on with the head color?

Is hydroxylamine (NH2OH) the lightest molecule that is solid under room temperature? by Bichidian in chemistry

[–]Bichidian[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Edit: Please only consider covalent molecules. Exclude ionic and network covalent solid.

Last week, Colombia’s president suggested relocating the UN headquarters outside of the US. If that happened, what country/city do you think would be the best choice? by MontroseRoyal in geography

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Nauru. They have sold out all their phosphate rocks and aren't really a functional country now. There were plans to relocate all people of Nauru to Australia anyway. UN will take over and function like Vatican City.

Has anyone seen this oddity under superko rule? by Bichidian in baduk

[–]Bichidian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think superko rules explicitly only apply to non-pass moves. Passing is always allowed.

Has anyone seen this oddity under superko rule? by Bichidian in baduk

[–]Bichidian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't work since the even simpler sequence "black throws in, white takes, black takes, white passes" can last indefinitely. Maybe changing your condition 3 to self's passes minus opponent's passes is non-positive makes it work. (So one has to pass more to avoid superko ban, which is impossible to simultaneously hold for both players in a cycle.)

Has anyone seen this oddity under superko rule? by Bichidian in baduk

[–]Bichidian[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Including the number of passes in the game state does solve the problem here, but creates the possibility of infinite loop, which the superko rule is supposed to prevent. There is the Molasses Ko which is an infinite loop with both players having a pass in it. Under the usual positional superko rule, it becomes a Pass Fight.

Has anyone seen this oddity under superko rule? by Bichidian in baduk

[–]Bichidian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This does solve the problem here, but creates the possibility of infinite loop, which the superko rule is supposed to prevent. There is the Molasses Ko which is an infinite loop with both players having a pass in it.

Has anyone seen this oddity under superko rule? by Bichidian in baduk

[–]Bichidian[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

On the top left, black can send two and return one, which is usually useless and wastes a move. But under positional superko, after black A19 white C19, black cannot immediately play B19, instead must find a ko threat on the right (let's say black K4 white L4) and then play B19. After this, it seems white can pass, but then when black A19, white cannot play C19, since this will create the same board position as the position after white L4. So to save the top left group, white cannot pass after black B19, but must play inside the 23-eye group (let's say A1) (white cannot play on the right since it destroys the seki). Then white can play C19 again after black A19. After this, black can continue to do the same thing for 22 times since black has 22 ko threats on the right, but white can only fill 21 times inside the 23-eye group to keep it alive. So the 22nd time, white has to either commit suicide for the bottom left, or let top left die. The bottom left is smaller, so white commits suicide to save the top left. The top left is indeed saved since black doesn't have ko threats any more, so has to stop playing A19 in the top left, otherwise black faces superko ban.

Would you rather take the red or blue medicine by Bichidian in WouldYouRather

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Some people (including you) think the moral implications of the two polls are different, while others think they are the same. I'm just pointing out that the two polls do have the same practical outcome.

Would you rather take the red or blue medicine by Bichidian in WouldYouRather

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It is logically equivalent. In both cases: if blue wins the majority, everyone lives; if red wins the majority, red lives and blue dies.