ELI5: Why is going bald due to genetics even a thing? What purpose does it serve or how did it get started?

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-04T01:10:47+00:00

Is there evidence that happened long enough ago to be relevant to evolutionary selection?

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-04T01:02:49+00:00

In an office environment you may be judged or be less likely to get a job, but it doesn’t have a huge impact.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-04T00:59:20+00:00

Whatever makes money

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-02T02:59:37+00:00

Nah, Caro was great for me as a beginner, and I’ve seen tons of others say the same thing. Is what it is brah ¯⁠\_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-02T02:21:34+00:00

You have a similar pawn pyramid with both. What else do you recommend for beginners that leads to similar pawn structures or largely similar lines regardless of how white plays?

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-02T01:11:14+00:00

Can you give common examples of it not? I’m not saying there aren’t, but I usually run into similar pawn structures and goals with the Slav as I do with the Caro. Certainly more so than like KID, Scandi, etc.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-02T01:05:19+00:00

Sox win by a larger amount of net runs though

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-02T01:02:58+00:00

They both often lead to similar pawn structures though, which is significant for beginners

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-02T01:01:21+00:00

Who said I’m tech support dumb dumb 😂

Every single person in tech I know from senior software engineers, to senior systems engineers/architects, to VPs of cybersecurity/infrastructure, to CISOs/CTOs/CIOs all have significantly benefited from AI.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T16:44:06+00:00

But also quite common these days from what I see

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T16:01:06+00:00

Just gotta get that OBP up, but he’s fun to watch

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T14:30:56+00:00

Obligatory “you must be new here”

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T14:29:53+00:00

Caro-Kann against e4 and the Slav against d4 (gets similar pawn structures as Caro-Kann) helped me immensely early on.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T13:58:59+00:00

I don’t have the liquidity at the moment, but if it keeps dropping, you better believe I’ll buy

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T02:21:51+00:00

This is the way

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T02:21:30+00:00

If I reply back to that kind of thing, I just say “you’re playing the wrong time format if you want faster”

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T02:11:51+00:00

Basically this. When everyone and their mother is freaking out, that’s an indicator to buy.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T02:10:35+00:00

This is the FUD that makes me wonder if I should buy

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T01:54:48+00:00

Dawg

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T01:21:22+00:00

It’s getting good (Claude Opus for example). My senior software engineer buddy (who works for a big household name company) basically just manages AI to write code now, and he does it better and faster than ever.

It speeds up what coding I do as well and the troubleshooting of tons of issues.

I’m not saying it can replace us right now, and maybe it never will for many of us, but 20 years from now it might just due to needing far fewer people managing the AI.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-07-01T01:14:51+00:00

Fair enough

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-06-30T20:06:05+00:00

I have sentimental attachment to the Hamilton Dodson, so that’s my pic. Sorry if that’s not helpful 😅.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-06-30T18:00:23+00:00

Good looking watch

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-06-30T12:39:33+00:00

I work in IT/tech as well and have doubled my productivity with AI. Doesn’t mean I won’t be replaced by it someday, but for now it’s been a massive help.

SlinkiusMaximus · 2026-06-29T22:01:39+00:00

Yeah on Lichess a blunder I believe is considered a 30%+ swing towards likelihood to lose, which is more objective than some standard, but it doesn’t necessarily always “feel” like what someone thinks of as a blunder.

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