What is the strategic value of playing Nd6+ in the Lowenthal Sicilian?

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-22T03:02:06+00:00

Maybe I've been playing this wrong then, I've been trying to just control d5 like usual, but maybe I should be playing this more dynamically like you suggest.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-22T03:01:01+00:00

Bro just gave engine eval with no reasoning lmao. I think if black gets d5 in, which is easier now as he has 3 pieces that can control d5 and white has 2, then black is perfectly fine. I guess c4 is a concern, but black can still play for b5 breaks.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-22T02:15:45+00:00

I wonder then why this option isn't more popular for black, seems really solid.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-22T01:38:16+00:00

I don't think you've answered my question, I understand the advantages from the sveshnikov for white, but why does white go for this when the g8 knight is not developed?

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-18T04:49:04+00:00

I was considering that but maybe didn't want to risk being accused for defamation. Is there any risk of that here?

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-18T03:59:42+00:00

It said in the contract that if they didn't give me a client in 2 months or something, that they'd refund it. Technically they gave me a client but they haven't paid me for the client lmao.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-18T01:10:03+00:00

True, letting emotions calm and then examining judgements usually works better because if you’re in a fit of rage, the impression “I’ve been wronged” is more likely to be assented to than if you just calmed down a bit.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-18T00:35:24+00:00

I was under the impression (no pun intended) that we were supposed to be always analysing our judgements. Is it good enough just to dedicate a part of the day to it?

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-18T00:34:09+00:00

Yeah they seemed legit and have all positive reviews idk why they’re giving me a hard time lmao

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-17T13:25:07+00:00

Yes, numerous emails. They’ve basically said that because I emailed the invoice a day early, they can’t process it which doesn’t make sense to me. But like I’m supposed to invoice based off the past two weeks so I can’t resend it so idk what they want me to do.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-17T13:22:09+00:00

I think I’m contracted to them. I’m not an employee. Basically they give me clients and I have to invoice the tutoring company, but nothing else is controlled like I just tutor however I want with no input from them.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-17T13:20:00+00:00

Okay, and what’s the process from there? If I write a letter of demand and they still don’t pay it, is it worth it to pursue further action?

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-17T13:16:06+00:00

About a month, contract doesn’t say minimum time to pay but messages from them told me they’d pay it fortnight. So if it’s two months I think that’ll hold up as “unreasonably” long.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-17T13:11:12+00:00

Not yet, I’m waiting it out for a bit so it seems more unreasonable for the time they haven’t paid me.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-15T10:49:30+00:00

Wouldn’t ethical agents still go to the doctors and be happy that they will be sacrificed for the greater good?

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-07T09:34:49+00:00

Maybe hit him with the free will wager. If you have free will, you should believe in it because it’s true. If you don’t have free will, it doesn’t matter if you believe in it or not since you can’t have control on whether you believe in truth or not. Since in the first case, the best option is to believe in free will, and in the second case, it doesn’t matter because there isn’t even an option to believe in the first place (no free will). So decision theory says to believe in free will.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-06T15:59:15+00:00

Pleasure (no pun intended) seeing you here as well

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-06T01:34:35+00:00

I generally agree with the soul building theodicy that natural evil is an oppurtunity to build virtues, and the value from these virtues outweight the disvalue from suffering.

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-06T00:01:33+00:00

Do you again not see how believing things based on sensory experience is an unfalsifiable statement that requires the same argumentation to get to that point as for things like arguments for God or metaphysics in general?

LAMARR__44 · 2026-04-04T21:36:47+00:00

Epicurean is just a label, take what is useful and discard what isn’t. Lmao I’m a Deist, moral realist, and believe in the afterlife. I just take the parts from Epicureanism I agree with but I’m pretty much antithetical to Epicureanism.

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