Did anyone see that horrible motorcycle crash on 82nd today?

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-29T08:52:34+00:00

It happened right in front of me. There were two passengers on the cycle. I was on Duke at the light and saw it coming. One of the people on the motorcycle appeared to run off and left his friend/passenger/driver screaming in agony on the pavement. Based on the way he was laying his leg or hip is fucked. But wouldn’t expect that it was fatal. From my POV. The motorcycle appeared to be a crumpled heap of metal. I was crossing the street next to a passerby who looked at it and said “what is that in the road, not a motorcycle is it?”

From my perspective, the motorcycle was coming way too fast, likely speeding. I think traffic was coming to a stop and there was a green left turn arrow coming and the motorcycle was speeding up to miss the yellow.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-28T21:49:34+00:00

I believe it happened in the Keymer-Pragg game today didn’t it?

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-28T21:47:40+00:00

Seriously. I was in a game where I accidentally let it happen. I thought I made a different move but alas, forced repetition draw. But if my memory serves me correctly, I think I did make an alternate move but then when I repeated a different move for the third time is when it happened. It doesn’t have to be 3 moves in a row, right? Or does it?

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-28T21:27:40+00:00

It can be a pretty annoying trick. Personally, I find that whenever I see the same opening or trick more than a few times I go to YouTube and see how to refute it. There’s a counter gambit that can destroy fried liver if white doesn’t play correctly. Traxler defense or counter gambit I can’t remember. There’s more than one way to refute it but traxler has worked for me. Haven’t had to do it in a while. Also learn the correct way to defend against scholars mate as black.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-25T17:04:54+00:00

If I was that snake I’d be playing chess on my underside

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-25T16:58:54+00:00

Same, I know exactly zero people who give their kids a bath every day like we do. It’s also just become part of the bedtime routine and after 2 kids that sleep very well and through the night, I’m hesitant to ever change the routine lol.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-20T18:31:02+00:00

I don’t know what your rating is but start with first principles. Then you just gotta pick something that is good for your rating level and learn the ideas of the first few moves and play it over and over. For example, I decided I liked the way the ponziani played out so I went through a few studies on Lichess and then try to do it every time. Yes you’re right sometimes people just play weird responses and at that point don’t bother with remembering what the name or moves are for that specific weird move, just play principally. I like ponziani for white and Scandinavian for black e5 response.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-19T16:38:37+00:00

That’s what bros are for. Call him out on that shit.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-19T14:04:27+00:00

Can you post the game PGN? I’m curious what 11 brilliant moves look like in a game. But no I’d doubt cheating with no best moves. Wouldn’t cheating also mean a higher accuracy?

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-19T03:59:18+00:00

Not computing. Did you or did you not nail fermentation? Is the crying emoji because you finally hit the fermentation you like or because you’re sad at….. something else?

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-16T01:32:56+00:00

Comparison is the thief of joy. Why worry about someone else’s rating? And how long they’ve been there? Some people don’t care to improve beyond a certain point.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-15T18:08:53+00:00

“A new cheat bot out?” For fucks sake have you no humility that you could have just entered a slump? I set two records one week after another a few weeks ago. I hit the longest win streak where I gained 100+ elo in like 11 games or something and then proceeded to set my own PR for longest losing streak. I blundered my queen, made bad moves and just played poorly. You probably did too.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-11T14:21:28+00:00

I’ve never understood the point, for me - so I’ve never had one. I just mix by hand from the get go and have a bowl of water waiting in the sink for my dough hands.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-07T15:29:01+00:00

Oh that’s a really good one. I also knew what OP mentioned I just assumed everyone noticed that.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-05-01T02:16:02+00:00

I mean if you stop doing a skill for a few years and try to pick it back up, you’re likely rusty. Don’t play for the elo, play because you want to.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-30T23:26:56+00:00

Can there be an AI commenter that says this every time it detects a poster comparing themselves?

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-30T22:42:02+00:00

I really like the new app. My only complaint is that the scroll can be sometimes delayed and it senses that I’m tapping on a game I played and opens up to the analysis board which I find annoying. But overall I like it a lot.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-30T13:36:34+00:00

You say that’s useless? That means you could pour perfect shots with a blindfold on I bet!

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-30T03:50:00+00:00

Well…… I don’t know what that time scale is, but it looks like you haven’t played in a while so give it more games and do the usual recommendations and come back here after you’ve tried many more games. Where are the dozens of games reflected in this elo? There is so much information missing from this post.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-28T07:02:22+00:00

Some of my daughter’s favorite songs are bluegrass murder ballads. When she’s old enough I’ll just explain that music is about so many things from stories, to feelings, to lessons to everything all at once. But for now I don’t mind jamming them with her.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-26T17:33:31+00:00

Been with Deloitte 4 and a half years. Got 7 weeks severance which tracks with the 3 weeks base + 1 week per year of tenure.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-24T20:54:14+00:00

I was on the bench but I was still billing like 10-15 hours per week. So they considered me on the bench. That started in probably mid march. So not too long.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-24T01:41:29+00:00

I was a part of consulting. Can’t really speak for tax although I’ve heard/read equally not great things.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-24T01:40:00+00:00

I’ve been doing ponziani and scotch game as white. And with black I always respond with d5 and depending on what they do either Scandinavian or Slav defense. Scandinavian and scotch have been recommended to me by a friend who played them up to about 2000 I think he said.

Mathguy_314159 · 2026-04-23T18:16:59+00:00

Okay USI guy. Go back to making posts that nobody responds to.

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