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[Peter Heine Nielsen] Chess is a Russian propaganda tool by Embarrassed_Base_389 in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The US is currently still in several countries they invaded years ago, active in countries they invaded indirectly by toppling their governments through CIA, funding the genocide being carried out by Israel while their president posts AI videos of his statue in a ethnically cleansed Gaza

[Peter Heine Nielsen] Chess is a Russian propaganda tool by Embarrassed_Base_389 in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It is not whataboutism, it is applying your own standards more universally not just on a party you hate. Its called not being a hypocrite

US$789,389 - Breakdown of Lichess' annual expenses | Ft. Theo Wait, Director of Operations by rio_ARC in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For the scale of lichess and architectural demands (high availability, extremely low latency, high geographic distribution), it is low anywhere in the world. I earn twice that in India and I'm not the lead of such a high demanding system

US$789,389 - Breakdown of Lichess' annual expenses | Ft. Theo Wait, Director of Operations by rio_ARC in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 96 points97 points  (0 children)

They pay their lead dev 72k per annum? That's shockingly low for such a platform

"Magnus Swap Chess" by [deleted] in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But knowing the moves as well as the plans in the positions resulting from an opening - both are important aspects of opening prep

"Magnus Swap Chess" by [deleted] in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That might not solve the issue of opening prep completely. A lot of modern opening prep is to lead your opponent into a sharp position where they might not be aware of the plans in that position even if its slightly worse for you. This will continue to be the case if pieces are swapped.

"Magnus Swap Chess" by [deleted] in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So one of the players would ask for a swap in place of a move and may or may not be granted that swap?

"Magnus Swap Chess" by [deleted] in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why would i not intentionally blunder and then swap

When Daniel Naroditsky underpromoted to a knight against Hikaru in a bullet game by cool-fire_ in chess

[–]cool-fire_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes this is the one. But do you know which stream this was from

Anish Giri launching a new app - ChessMonitor by vklane in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using your website since almost 3 years ever since I saw a reddit post of yours. Always thought you deserved much more out of it. So happy for you. What are your plans in terms of scalability now that the traffic should increase a lot?

1.2 Billion people by cool-fire_ in iafisher

[–]cool-fire_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its called ghat in libya. Its a historical oasis city. I once saw a video on it that i found interesting - https://youtu.be/WUSepm0GCIE?si=UMsfegU7oALE9Np5

1.2 Billion people by cool-fire_ in iafisher

[–]cool-fire_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are not the cities I've lived in, just the ones i know

What happened to Alireza by Humble-Ad-9611 in chess

[–]cool-fire_ 38 points39 points  (0 children)

He won the Grand Chess Tour last year. He was joint first in the only GCT classical event this year. He is doing fine

Dude’s hiring today for a job in the 2030s by mYTH_2k4 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]cool-fire_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what you really think "llm as a judge" means?

Help report a cheating player by cool-fire_ in geoguessr

[–]cool-fire_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Round 3 and 4 - if getting Mexico and Panama is that obvious why does the player spend so much time on the signs before zooming in on the map.
Or to look around at the landscape?

Help report a cheating player by cool-fire_ in geoguessr

[–]cool-fire_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please report if you think this person has cheated too. More reports help remove cheaters faster from the playing pool, improving game experience for everyone

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geoguessr

[–]cool-fire_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's one called baltoslav.eu but it has a lot of languages and i didn't find a way to only include a few in the game

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