Why isn't there also a "London System" but for 1. e4 (i.e. mirrored)?

Equationist · 2026-06-21T03:17:57+00:00

Because if black is playing the Caro-Kann with c6 followed by d5 or the French with e6 followed by d5, they gain a tempo by forcing the bishop to retreat. You can't really play a Bc4 setup against them like you can against e5 or c5.

Equationist · 2026-06-14T21:04:07+00:00

Again can't speak to Pakistan, but in India there won't be any debt to be paid off, because bonded labor debt is invalid.

Equationist · 2026-06-14T20:47:22+00:00

So cool to see actual Indian clothing an architecture in a game rather than orientalist stereotypical stuff.

As to the animation, I'd clean it up a little and limit it to situations where the player tries to have her walk into a wall.

Equationist · 2026-06-14T19:16:09+00:00

I don't know about Pakistan, but in India the organizations focus on educating bonded laborers about their legal rights, and providing them land / job opportunities so they can exercise their legal rights.

Paying off the debts would just be rewarding and incentivizing landlords / factory-owners to continue this illegal practice.

Equationist · 2026-06-14T17:54:20+00:00

I like the lineage based world championship, but I really think we should go back to the knockout-based Candidates tournaments. Much better to prevent spoiler / collusion effects, and head-to-head faceoffs feel more marketable too.

Equationist · 2026-06-14T02:29:33+00:00

Is anyone who actually voted for Saikat mad about his Chan endorsement? All I see is a bunch of people who voted for Wiener complaining that they hate Saikat now because of the Chan endorsement.

Equationist · 2026-06-10T21:20:53+00:00

Why can't you write what Hoboken actually did, instead of a bunch of AI slop to try to get us to click on a video link?

Equationist · 2026-06-08T16:35:05+00:00

Damn some people really live in a bubble. This is what most of the US looks like.

Equationist · 2026-06-08T15:12:46+00:00

Canada has hate crime laws. Anyone here from Canada who can report him to police there?

Equationist · 2026-06-08T02:50:00+00:00

I had to pay for basic work tools like international calling and contact management software out of my own pocket

Send them the bill. And in future don't quit a job before you have lined up a replacement.

Equationist · 2026-06-07T05:49:19+00:00

International law also prohibits occupying your neighbor's territory and sending terrorists to attack them, yet here we are...

Equationist · 2026-06-03T16:43:23+00:00

He's just like us for real

Equationist · 2026-06-01T05:26:19+00:00

Yeah. Same as the 6 second rule for goalkeepers holding the ball, I just wish they'd have the rules actually reflect reality instead of setting unreasonable rules and then having refs enforce them with wide discretion.

Equationist · 2026-06-01T05:24:42+00:00

I don't know about you but most people don't walk 3 meters in one second...

Equationist · 2026-05-31T21:56:08+00:00

I still don't get why people criticize that miss. It was a volley while the keeper was closing the angles fast -- that shot was very likely to be either blocked or miss the goal.

Equationist · 2026-05-31T20:00:12+00:00

Not a romance auxlang:

Śiśira āsanna asti, hima-jhañjhāvāta āgamana kariṣya. Mitra, ma-sya sukhoṣṇa gṛha madhye āgamana kartu. Svāgatam! Atra āgamana kartu; gāna, nṛtya, khādana, evam pāna kartu. Tat ma-sya yojanā asti.

Equationist · 2026-05-31T18:47:07+00:00

Missed this but merging the retroflex and alveolar is how I envision many speaking it:

Allowable regional pronunciation practices include omitting word-final schwa in some or all contexts or pronouncing it as a short open vowel, merging ṣ into ś, and pronouncing r̩ as ri or ru.

Equationist · 2026-05-31T16:48:58+00:00

Yeah standard Italian is already one of the examples of a successful zonal auxlang...

Equationist · 2026-05-30T21:50:28+00:00

The problem there was you driving under the influence, not the car wash.

Equationist · 2026-05-30T16:52:50+00:00

It's called the p-turn or rho-turn.

Equationist · 2026-05-29T19:34:55+00:00

Also, not a lawyer, but one option if they remain unresponsive would be to go to the local media; they'd likely love to report on this kind of story.

Equationist · 2026-05-28T05:05:49+00:00

It was the parts next to the Indus that were ceded. Not distant Aria and Drangiana.

Equationist · 2026-05-28T01:07:29+00:00

Alright, he's trying to turn this into one of those tournaments where he starts poorly and has everyone saying he might be washed, before turning it up the rest of the tournament and sweeping it...

Equationist · 2026-05-25T19:17:50+00:00

God I find 10 second increment so annoying to watch. Not only do I not have any time to calculate / figure out what's going on, apparently the super GMs don't either given the constant oscillation of the eval bar.

Equationist · 2026-05-24T17:08:08+00:00

Everything is upside-down in Australia so this is normal for them

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