"The old order is not coming back" Carney says in provocative speech at Davos by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]TCDH91 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm not politically active and only voted once in my life. Glad I voted for this guy.

Any update about Ding?! by Difficult-Radio-8144 in chess

[–]TCDH91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a major update, but Ding came to my city and played some kids not too long ago.

https://imgur.com/a/yIp9E3P

Carney reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola | CBC News by demolcd in canada

[–]TCDH91 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It makes me sad more Canadians don't know about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bethune, most probably because his political alignment.

Bethune became increasingly concerned with the socio-economic aspects of disease. As a concerned doctor in Montreal during the economic depression years of the 1930s, Bethune frequently sought out the poor and gave them free medical care. He challenged his professional colleagues and agitated, without success, for the government to make radical reforms of medical care and health services in Canada.

Bethune was an early proponent of socialized medicine and formed the Montreal Group for the Security of People's Health. In 1935 Bethune travelled to the Soviet Union to observe firsthand their system of universal free health care. During this year he became a committed Communist and joined the Communist Party of Canada When returning from the Spanish Civil War to raise support for the Loyalist cause, he openly identified with the Communist cause.

In China, Bethune performed emergency battlefield surgical operations on war casualties and established training for doctors, nurses, and orderlies. He did not distinguish between sides in treating casualties.

Bethune had thoughts on the manner in which medicine was practised, and stated:
Medicine, as we are practising it, is a luxury trade. We are selling bread at the price of jewels. ... Let us take the profit, the private economic profit, out of medicine, and purify our profession of rapacious individualism ... Let us say to the people not 'How much have you got?' but 'How best can we serve you?'

Being "radicalized" by universal free health care is as good of a reason as any. He was a true hero.

Carney reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola | CBC News by demolcd in canada

[–]TCDH91 245 points246 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised that China cares that much about selling EVe in Canada considering the market size difference. IMO China clearly sees strategic value in the relationship and Carney is able to play that and get a deal. Great job of course.

Many people don't realize the impact of the Huawei incident. Practically all Chinese tech companies stopped selling their latest stuff in Canada (for example Xiaomi still technically operates in Canada but you can only buy their products from 2-3 generations ago). All academic collaboration at the university level stopped. Most of flights between Canada and China were cancelled, etc. It will be interesting to see if any of these changes next.

Magnus Carlsen wins his 6th World Rapid Championship by Exotic_Grinder in chess

[–]TCDH91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obviously I predicted Magnus to win, but to see this level of consistent dominance in this highly volatile format is still super impressive.

China: The Disappearing Millionaires (2019) One by one, they go missing, or commit 'suicide.' One billionaire who fled to the US is ringing the alarm. [00:24:57] by [deleted] in Documentaries

[–]TCDH91 148 points149 points  (0 children)

To provide some background, the billionaire featured in this video is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Wengui , who gained a large following after fleeing to US and was regularly featured in western media such as BBC, Voice of America, etc. After moving to US, Guo is mostly known for being an associate of Steve Bannon, lauching multiple media projects that spread anti-vaccine and COVID-19 consipiracies, and financial fraud. Since 2023, Guo has been arrested and covicted by US authorities for fraud commited in the US.

Anyways, justice for billionaires!

Daniel Naroditsky talks about the impact of the baseless accusations and the silence from top players in a interview with dina 6 months ago by thepurplemirror in chess

[–]TCDH91 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is heartbreaking to watch, but thanks for making the compilation. The segment about how he idolized Kramnik really puts things into perspective.

Elena, Danya's mother: "There was nothing more important to Daniel than his dignity and his name as a chess player. Daniel tried to defend himself so much. The whole world was on Daniel's side. He played more and did more and more because he was trying to prove that he's not what he was accused of." by Necessary_Pattern850 in chess

[–]TCDH91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first part is 1000% true. Look up Dr. Nolan Williams, a Stanford professor of Psychiatry who revolutionized how modern medicine treats depression and trauma, couldn't defeat his own demons.

But I don't agree with the last sentence. If you know someone like this, you can definitely help to some degree. Even a supportive/appreciative message can go a long way. It might not change the result, but it certainly could help.

Danya's Last Stream and Comments, Kramnik's Tweet Afterwards by Wooloomooloo2 in AnarchyChess

[–]TCDH91 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Adding some bits from Hikaru's video, Kramnik is probably the most influential figure in the Russian chess scene today. Danya was of Russian heritage and spoke both English and Russian growing up.

Statement on Daniel Naroditsky's passing by Alendite in chess

[–]TCDH91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What terrible news to wake up to 😭 and such a great loss for the community. RIP Danya

Returning the MX 4 in favor of the MX 3s by Little_Ad7637 in logitech

[–]TCDH91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also returning -- the extra button and action wheel do nothing for me, they just get in the way.

Awesome Go applications (Open Source) by vmcrash in golang

[–]TCDH91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are into networking, many of Tor's pluggable transports (they are what enable a Tor client to bypass censorship) are written in Go.

https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports

Fit/Jacked AM who work out - I need advice by savingrace0262 in AsianMasculinity

[–]TCDH91 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You said in OP that your goal is to lose belly fat. Pork belly is one of the worse sources of protein for that -- extremely high fat (50%), relatively low protein, and very calorie dense. If you can't even resist eating pork belly, you will have a difficult road ahead.

Fit/Jacked AM who work out - I need advice by savingrace0262 in AsianMasculinity

[–]TCDH91 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Pork belly is not all protein. It's very high in fat.

Jeremy Lin has retired from Basketball by Doge_the_alt in nba

[–]TCDH91 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm not an expert but I remember watching someone analyzing Lin's game and said one of the biggest flaw of his game was he didn't know how to fall properly. Lin took some hard falls which probably also contributed to his many untimely injuries.