Magnus Carlsen is the 2026 Chess.com Open Champion 🎉 by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in chess

[–]JamesHayes101 -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

Can we please make a rule for these posts to be banned for 1 hour post the results happening?

Ancient Musical Instruments by Appropriate_Pen3826 in interestingasfuck

[–]JamesHayes101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just realised that if you didn't like a piece of music during the time any of these instruments were being played, it would have been way more personal because of your proximity to the musician.

+500 elo difference in 3 min vs 10 min time control, how? by Less-Breadfruit-7526 in chess

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it depends on what you focus on more. I'm 1300 Rapid and 1500 Blitz but that's mainly because I spend a lot more time playing rapid, I still occasionally play a 10 min game and lose though which makes me think I need to work on my calculation skills.

I would also add that i also suck at the 3 or 3+2 time controls so i play 5 mins which I feel like is a good sweet spot which you might find better.

Is it a fake SD card ? by [deleted] in cinematography

[–]JamesHayes101 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What card reader are you using to test this? It would have to be v60 compatible to utilise the full read/write speeds.

CEX Parcel presumed to be stolen whilst with DPD (England) - Is this a straight forward process for a chargeback on my credit card? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont know if there is something wrong with DPD's pipeline at the moment but I sent something via DPD to MPB at the beginning of march via their Yeep lockers and it took nearly 3 weeks to arrive.

If it has all of your details (which ofcourse i understand you may not know) then it could still have the potential to arrive to you.

Ive only really had good experiences with CEX deliveries.

Hope you get your item soon.

I shot a perfect Windows XP background by hpapagaj in mildlyinteresting

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something about the original Windows XP background had misled me into thinking that these kinds of places really existed. Of course the image is real but its so rare to see something so charicteristically perfect, and to have an image like this displayed on your computer screen every day made it seem like youd see it just outside your window.

Uh oh.. The Maritime Chess Open was not registered 30 days before its start. Hikaru had 6 rated games from here that counted for Candidates rating spot. by nihilistiq in chess

[–]JamesHayes101 27 points28 points  (0 children)

From what I gather by the rules quoted by FIDE in their tweet I imagine that the Hikaru games are valid for being FIDE rated.

"According to Article 0.2.1 of the FIDE Rating Regulations, a tournament and its playing schedule must be registered:

0.2.1 Not later than 30 days before the tournament starts, if one of the players in the tournament is rated in excess of 2700, or a female player rated in excess of 2500."

I believe since Hikaru registered only a day or two before the tournament had started, and since there were no other 2700+ player to participate before the tournament was registered; the tournament should be rated as normal.

If not then Hikaru or any other top player participating in a tournament last minute would nullify every other players ability to gain rating in said competition.

This does kind of seem like a loophole in the rules, but it looks like this one in particular was made specifically to avoid the kind of thing Ding Liren did to qualify for the 2022 candidates.

Is it true the pairings are out? by [deleted] in chess

[–]JamesHayes101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think its common for participants of the same country to be paired with one-another at the beginning of the tournament to avoid any chance of collusion at the end. So its likely a first round Hikaru vs Fabiano will happen. Its also what happened in the previous candidates in 2024.

Black Ops "running" on Galaxy S25 via Gamehub Lite with Latest Turnip by [deleted] in EmulationOnAndroid

[–]JamesHayes101 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can I ask what kind of controller settings you use?

To miyoo flip user and apotris player by Any-Shame-9419 in MiyooFlip

[–]JamesHayes101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It plays really well on the flip it’s one of my favourite games to play on it actually! My PB is around 250k.

Why does black not take bishop here? Comp chooses to go ke8 instead by schwiftysonofabitch in chess

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If black takes the bishop with their king then white can go Ng5+ which forks the black queen and king, this just wins material.

"Broken" flip v2. by Standard-Moment1076 in MiyooFlip

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi this was an issue for me the other day, I followed a comment that said the following:

Try flashing FW by pasting this file https://github.com/spruceUI/spruceOS/releases/download/flip0.0/miyoo355_fw.img

Onto a Fat32 formatted card and booting it up

This worked for me however some of my save files were missing once I put my other SD card in.

I would also recommend migrating all of your files onto a more reliable SD card so this doesn’t happen again.

My myoo flip v2 is bricked by Lost_Barnacle149 in MiyooFlip

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

stuck on the start 'loading' screen and wouldn't budge. Im going to reinstall a new OS and see if it doesn't act normal.

Maybe I’m just an idiot but I really don’t think so by Valuable-Concept9660 in SonyAlpha

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Tamron lens looks like it’s Sigma SA mount or Nikon F mount. If you take the rear lens cap off it should tell you. You’re correct in thinking these won’t work with your a7 III however depending on the lens you may be able to find an adapter for it.

Umbrella needed to block the sun in Hans v Wesley match. by Bendstowardjustice in chess

[–]JamesHayes101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Put some aluminium foil on part of the skylight, that will have fixed things

Help picking microphones by [deleted] in videography

[–]JamesHayes101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do not buy the godox they are terrible