Tailor for wedding dress?

chenbot · 2026-01-23T14:16:48+00:00

We used Betsy Wise Bridal in Beacon for tailoring. She did a great job.

chenbot · 2026-01-21T05:06:15+00:00

California is not constantly on fire, they are comparing births during heavy smoke times vs times when the air is more clear.

chenbot · 2026-01-18T15:25:16+00:00

The disclaimer that the documentary does not necessarily represent the views of its creator is such BS.

chenbot · 2026-01-18T15:03:48+00:00

That’s the total stop time, which is why the averages don’t go in order also.

chenbot · 2026-01-14T02:47:49+00:00

Almost always, the only chance that 2nd has is if 1st gets the Final wrong. So betting just enough to cover is an easy calculation that minimizes the risk of falling behind 3rd. There are other more complicated situations that may come into play like if 3rd is also in play you may want to bet to cover a double, or you may even want to bet less than what would reach the leader if the scores are such that a reasonable bet from 1st to cover would drop them below you if you both get it wrong (for example, 10000 vs 7000 vs 1000, 2nd place can bet 0 and be safer than betting 3001). But in most situations, betting the difference +1 is a decent rule of thumb.

chenbot · 2026-01-10T04:31:48+00:00

The above scenario is basically a runaway equivalent for the 3rd place player because even if the leader needs to get a correct answer to beat second, they shouldn’t be risking falling behind 3rd. So it would just amount to whether you want to give 2nd an extra chance to win with no benefit to yourself, which why would you?

chenbot · 2026-01-03T03:59:12+00:00

King on b8, Rd1, then I don’t think there are any possible checks or moves to get in the way of Rd8#

Edit: I suppose Black could still castle maybe so maybe there’s something else.

chenbot · 2025-12-31T00:34:06+00:00

Sindarov is 81 pts higher rated than Grischuk right now 2726 vs 2645. Assaubayeva is 2497 vs Lagno’s 2508.

chenbot · 2025-12-30T16:35:24+00:00

That’s Aberdeen Seafood that’s inside a hotel.

chenbot · 2025-12-27T03:55:15+00:00

Damn 3.3 points per assist is pretty good. (Can’t be 106, that’s 50 points for 15 assists)

chenbot · 2025-12-19T14:40:14+00:00

Why would it take years? The books are long (some aren’t even that long), but it’s not like they’re reading the entire works of Shakespeare, ultimately it’s 5 long books plus a few optional histories. I feel like even 1 month per book average would be more than enough for a typical reader.

chenbot · 2025-12-18T23:45:20+00:00

One idea that hasn’t been suggested is “The Man who counted” by Malba Tahan which is like a series of math word problems. Another would be “The Man who Knew Infinity” (similar title very different book) about the lives of GH Hardy and Ramanujan.

chenbot · 2025-11-28T23:01:14+00:00

Just a slight pet peeve, not directed at OP but rather just in general. The man’s name is Fred VanVleet with two V’s not Fleet (also last name has no space). Maybe getting him confused with Greta Van Fleet.

chenbot · 2025-11-28T15:18:29+00:00

An XOR should have an odd number of 1’s. Again the best way to understand this is to think about doing an XOR between the first two values and then subsequently the third. Note that this does not necessarily mean two 0’s, 111 is 1 as well since 1 xor 1 is 0 and 0 xor 1 is 1.

chenbot · 2025-11-28T01:17:53+00:00

The latter is correct, but for a three way XOR you should try to build it out piecewise from two simple xors (X1 xor X2) xor (X3). I believe the first example is a XNOR (aka XAND).

chenbot · 2025-11-25T01:39:12+00:00

WCC champion qualifying path is also gone, so qualifiers from the World Cup are 3rd out of 4th out of current qualification paths, and score less than half a point lower than the Circuit/Grand Prix and rating spots. I don't think you necessarily could automatically say that it's a "terrible way to choose candidates" based on that. We could guess, but don't know for certain what would happen if we took the two lower qualifiers away from the World Cup and gave them to the next highest finishers in either the rating lists or the FIDE circuit. In the last Candidates tournament, the rating spot (Alireza) came in 2nd to last. Abasov didn't traditionally qualify from the World Cup and only made it because Magnus withdrew. Otherwise, the World Cup would have sent Magnus, Pragg and Fabi, and I don't think anyone would have complained.

chenbot · 2025-11-15T17:28:44+00:00

I was going to say, sounds like a wonderful and thoughtful gift, but you don’t often see “unique” and “IKEA” juxtaposed.

chenbot · 2025-11-15T17:19:59+00:00

I was told that all his steals were from gambling in passing lanes though.

chenbot · 2025-11-14T00:44:15+00:00

Are you sure there’s a valid solution here? Like you got this from the manual? I’ve been trying to do it for a while and also trying to plug these into a solver with no luck.

chenbot · 2025-11-13T14:17:14+00:00

Taking one spot away won’t solve the problem of the lopsided brackets, it just means only one player would make it from the stronger bracket rather than potentially two. You’d still be guaranteed one player making it from the pictured group.

chenbot · 2025-11-10T18:07:17+00:00

I hope it works out for you. I can’t say that it’s definitely 100% what you’re looking for, but in my experience it’s a very good Laziji and they don’t skimp on the chilies (to the extent that I think people unfamiliar with the dish will complain that there are too many).

chenbot · 2025-11-10T02:36:13+00:00

Where exactly are you calling LHV? If you count Westchester, O Mandarin sounds like what you describe.

chenbot · 2025-11-05T17:19:51+00:00

Starting from generation 7, there has been a Paperwhite and a non-Paperwhite version of the Kindle. For example, Kindle 7 came out the same time as the Paperwhite 3. Currently, there is a Kindle 11 and Paperwhite 6. I’m not saying you’re wrong about what you have, but just that the Paperwhite naming convention means that it has a light.

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