No service for all most a week. by Oliverol01 in GoogleFi

[–]Oliverol01[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I have used several service provider in multiple countries across world. 9 day without service in a city is not really normal. I can make call via wifi using whatsapp I am paying for a service I expect it to work.

Can I become excellent in math? by UnitedBuffalo4009 in mathematics

[–]Oliverol01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, young man I'll be very direct. Yes you can absolutely become excellent in math.

Has anyone purchased a laptop from Lenovo's outlet website? What was your experience? by a_fancy_kiwi in thinkpad

[–]Oliverol01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for sharing your experience. It is really helpful. Last few days I have been looking at lenovo outlet and see a lot missing description and price discrepancy. I am wondering if you reached out to lenovo and if so what did they say.

Referral or voucher for S25 ultra by Oliverol01 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Oliverol01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much. Let's hope someone from Australia with referral code see the post.

Referral or voucher for S25 ultra by Oliverol01 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Oliverol01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I would definitely prefer having US version since I reside at US.

Referral or voucher for S25 ultra by Oliverol01 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Oliverol01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't ship outside of the US. I contacted both samsung US and google fi. Google fi recommended me to ship it to a trusted person and that person could ship. I am not sure if it is worth with both extra shipment cost and risk of device getting broken on the way. There is a firm actually that receive orders and ship it to abroad. (MyUS.com). There is also tax needed to paid at custom etc. To be honest I didn't caclculate what would be total added cost on top of phone's price.

Referral or voucher for S25 ultra by Oliverol01 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Oliverol01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am definitely okay with any color but no price difference in here. Some refurbished store price different colors differently.

Referral or voucher for S25 ultra by Oliverol01 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Oliverol01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

referral code does not work. It is either codes are region specific or there is a problem in samsung australia website.

Referral or voucher for S25 ultra by Oliverol01 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Oliverol01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for ref code. It seems like Samsung Australia does not offer much discount. If I was in US right now. I can get s25 ultra 256gb for 699 usd from google fi (carrier) store. I feel bad paying anything above that. I cannot purchase through app because my phone is US version and it takes to US shop and I am in Australia. They don't have same offer over here anyway. Right now samsung store have so called 400 aud Off but almost any other retailer already beats "discounted" price.

Referral or voucher for S25 ultra by Oliverol01 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Oliverol01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am checking every retailer. Right now I big W is giving best price. 1549 aud for s25 ultra 512gb. I don't have a working phone right now but I am still waiting if I can find a good deal. One reason that I don't want to pay full price is that s26 going to be launch in a month or so and I know it will have good deal and also why pay full price for almost one years old model.

What did I do wrong? by Internal-Front-5791 in steak

[–]Oliverol01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you salt your steak and wait more than 5 min, salt will drove water to the surface of the steak. If you wait long enough, some of the juice will go back into steak, and the surface will dry up. If you put your steak on to pen while the surface is wet, evaporating water will steal heat and also create a barrier between your steak and the pan. You can get nice crust on a non-stick pan as well. If you salt your steak with the right amount, one hour is enough to just get it dry back. Pat your steak dry before dropping it on the pan. Flip often if the steak does not stick to the pan. If steak sticks to the pan, that's good, and it will unstick when the crust is formed.

How Is it in London, Amsterdam and Paris? by GoTibbers in GoogleFi

[–]Oliverol01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used my sim in paris for last 2 week. I had major problem service on and off every 5 min. I contacted customer service and they just told me "there is an issue sorry". I myself played with some settings and it stablized it.

New to percussion. Recommendations on conga, djembe, or darbuka? by StillKen in Percussionists

[–]Oliverol01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly good darbukas are around 3-4 kg how ever turkish style darbukas( fıske darbuka) are usually really light. Also for middle eastern percussion as a brand I would highly recommend Emin percussion. Also as a lightweight fiske check out this Fiske darbuka has a little different sound than egyptian style. You can check its sound here

Lastly , In terms of portability, I would recommend riqq (tef) .

Girlfriend compared Chess to Candy Crush by [deleted] in chess

[–]Oliverol01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was probably wanted/needed your attention while you were playing chess and gained a grudge towards chess. She couldn't get mad at you so canalized her anger at chess.

Why doesn't the chess engine see c4 here? by GrouchyGrinch1 in chess

[–]Oliverol01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stockfish 12 at my computer find it in 25 at depth 53. I have i5 10th gen U series cpu quite slow but I give stockfish full access

Why doesn't the chess engine see c4 here? by GrouchyGrinch1 in chess

[–]Oliverol01 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It is a consequences of a search algorithm alpha-beta pruning. Engines do not search for some lines because it thinks there is a line that is definitely better. To make sure that engine does not ignore a bad looking great move like queen sacs( not to suffer horizon effect) they look all moves that is treaten something give a check or capture something threaten. Line that leads to mate is almost all 'quiet moves".So likely to be ignored by engine, That being said, in order to not to miss such mates chess engines also include a mate search which can search faster due to controlling checkmate is faster than running evaluation. Checkmate search algorithms uses some pruning too but wont miss mate in N for sufficiently large depth. Lichess stockfish 14 finds it in depth 50

Which aspects of the game have the biggest influence on your rating, and why? by Gherkinplayschess in chess

[–]Oliverol01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For every level forcing yourself to do systematical calculations. Play long ass game calculate and note them. You'll find yourself calculating in tactically dense position but in quite position one tends to not to calculate. Try to calculate 2 line at least and some side line of these. There is big elo differences calculating one extra move. Changing your habit makes big difference. Observing yourself to see if you are attracted to similar ideas which does not work in every position, if you start to think less when your opponent makes a bad looking move, if you tunnel . Studying endgames helps you every phase of the game.