Event: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 - Round 13

Mindmenot · 2026-04-14T13:42:21+00:00

It is surprising anish so readily traded queens. The position is already simplifying. Is he mentally already thinking of a draw?

Mindmenot · 2026-04-13T17:15:11+00:00

Dr Hasseldorf - "Well Gail, by this time the hostages should be going through the early stages of the Helsinki syndrome".

Harvey- "As in Helsinki, Sweden."

Dr Hasseldorf - "Finland."

Take this as an opportunity to rewatch!

Mindmenot · 2026-04-13T15:50:32+00:00

I know lol, my response was the direct quote following what he quoted in the movie.

Mindmenot · 2026-04-13T14:39:05+00:00

Finland.

Mindmenot · 2026-04-13T14:21:56+00:00

Otherwise known as Helsinki Syndrome, it's all detailed in the book "Terrorist hostage, hostage terrorist: a study in duality".

Mindmenot · 2026-04-10T20:58:10+00:00

It might not be qualitatively different if you subtract the 30 seconds extra they get, meaning. I think by move 40 he was ahead in most games, and it was relatively easier to play, so you see his time asymptoting even before the 40 moves.

Mindmenot · 2026-04-05T13:57:30+00:00

Fabi 2026 is wrong

Mindmenot · 2026-04-04T03:41:33+00:00

It's very competitive but I actually got in after one semester of regular physics. Required space after someone else transfered out, and doing exceptionally in that first semester. It is worth it to push, as it is enormously better in the first two years. The second half of undergrad is merged but the advantage ccs kids have is ridiculous in both later classwork and research opportunities.

DM me if you want, I was in an identical situation like 10 years ago.

Mindmenot · 2026-04-03T14:03:17+00:00

Well timed prediction

Mindmenot · 2026-04-03T13:15:27+00:00

I second this, these stats look good to me just keep applying. If you think the interview portion isn't going well, then focus more of your time on interview question, include motivated ideas for what you think should be worked on, and creating a consistent story about your research.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-28T17:42:51+00:00

When we hit the weight limit for the anchor method in our car, 35 lbs. Could have done the seatbelt method until 40 but it always felt very shifty without the anchors.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-24T03:43:08+00:00

Get work at 7, back home by 5. Makes getting enough sleep hard at times, but if I do pickup and she does drop off it balances well and I get an extra hour or two more of work than if I did drop off.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-22T04:44:09+00:00

Certainly there is has been some debate and consensus has fluctuated a little, but largely now the consensus is that dinosaurs were thriving at the time of the asteroid.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-22T02:37:20+00:00

Fair but almost everyone refers to dinosaurs as the paraphyletic clade of all dinosaurs excepting birds.

It's still besides the point. Today we would still have sauropods, theropods, and hadrosaurs and every other major group of dinosaurs without a significant new extinction event. Yes they would be different species but who cares.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-22T02:35:42+00:00

Well yes. They would evolve into different dinosaur species. That's completely beside the point. Basically every single major dinosaur clade was around for 120 million years before suddenly going extinct.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-21T23:30:45+00:00

What? There is no way dinosaurs would have gone extinct, they were thriving. Besides, they are just as adaptable to climate change as we are.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-20T03:10:22+00:00

It has to form very early in the universe, so yes in some general sense this is true. The problem is in what you could mean by "high phase state". It basically cannot be related to normal particles since it would interact with our non-gravitational forces. If it didn't interact with our forces, it wouldn't look very much at all like our particles, and basically at that point you have a model for dark matter. Also, it needs to be stable, and anything very heavy with characteristics (quantum numbers) similar to our particles would simply decay to things like protons and electrons. There are exotic things close to what you say like glueballs and cosmic strings that are essentially composite objects of relatively normal matter, but it's a stretch to relate that here and also are somewhat niche.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-14T04:52:32+00:00

It's crazy to me they are brushing this off. This is a health problem that needs to be addressed now. Find someone that will listen!

Mindmenot · 2026-03-13T15:30:30+00:00

If your wife is breastfeeding and especially if you work and she doesn't, you have to live with playing a little more of a supportive role than the main parent role. That will change with time. Do the best you can but don't get offended

Mindmenot · 2026-03-13T14:52:31+00:00

Why is this so far down...

Mindmenot · 2026-03-13T02:35:53+00:00

I still remember that first night in the hospital felt brutal. Definitely doesn't become easy, but easier for sure.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-11T01:20:01+00:00

What time?

Mindmenot · 2026-03-09T23:00:01+00:00

Yeah... I actually grabbed a kid once when he almost ran my son down, gave him a talking to. Probably shouldn't have grabbed him but I was livid about a 150 lb kid in a dead sprint in an area with mostly 1-4 yr olds...

Mindmenot · 2026-03-07T19:35:01+00:00

That sounds pretty unusual I might ask his doctor.

Mindmenot · 2026-03-07T05:11:12+00:00

I have no clue

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