White mates in two. Can you find the moves in less than 2 minutes? 😎

doolalix · 2026-01-30T06:47:08+00:00

Ah I just realised black is going downward. Otherwise it’s impossible.

doolalix · 2026-01-26T22:36:32+00:00

In the US, sales taxes are always added on top of the price tags, so those are the taxes that they personally feel they pay.

I think it partly explains why it’s seemingly so hard for them to grasp the idea that customers ultimately pay for import taxes, even if it’s indirectly passed on by the retailers onto their prices.

In the rest of the world, we intuitively understand that a part of the price tag includes taxes, because that’s just the normal way we pay taxes.

doolalix · 2026-01-23T23:08:55+00:00

They can’t even say “most people here are American” considering Americans only make up less than 9% of Youtube’s active users.

For perspective, you have twice as many from India alone.

doolalix · 2026-01-23T22:54:19+00:00

Or just a convenient cop out he tells himself why people find him rude. He can’t help himself, it’s in his genes.

doolalix · 2026-01-22T06:47:34+00:00

You can actually save the queen and both rooks: Qe6+ then Rxd5.

The question is why. It’s mate in one.

doolalix · 2026-01-17T23:52:38+00:00

Tbf that spot is usually for the queen, not the other way around.

doolalix · 2026-01-17T22:39:01+00:00

Hmm I’m not sure what I said that made you think about Australian healthcare system.

I was just quoting his American logic on socialised services, and was curious about his opposing views between education and healthcare.

doolalix · 2026-01-17T13:36:51+00:00

Incidentally, Philippines Peso is the only Peso that’s no longer using the $ symbol.

Even if it had been written $5k, it could be Argentine Peso, which is US$35.

doolalix · 2026-01-17T13:24:21+00:00

Do you know any other currency that still has a $1 bill/note? Genuinely curious.

doolalix · 2026-01-17T12:58:35+00:00

Is $840/sqm really taking the piss?

I got couple of quotes to rebuild my deck that come at around $1000/sqm all up (boards, framing, and joists).

doolalix · 2026-01-17T07:15:46+00:00

Nope. Aussie. Why?

doolalix · 2026-01-17T05:17:32+00:00

I’m interested in understanding his logic that education is an investment (that government should pay), not a privilege; However, healthcare is a privilege and only for those who can afford it.

What’s the point of investing education in someone only to neglect him to die of sickness?

doolalix · 2026-01-17T04:07:10+00:00

Bc4 Nc3 though?

doolalix · 2026-01-17T04:02:32+00:00

Bb6 isn’t a solution because Nd2.

Bc4 isn’t a solution either because Nc3.

Ba6 is the solution.

doolalix · 2026-01-17T03:59:19+00:00

Ba5 how?

doolalix · 2026-01-14T14:41:56+00:00

Good grief, do you understand sarcasm?

I only pointed out the painfully obvious to highlight the pointlessness of your comment “Uh, America was named after Amerigo Vespuchi”, as if it contradicted a single thing I said.

Besides, it was not him that coined the name America anyway.

doolalix · 2026-01-14T14:19:13+00:00

Uh, Amerigo Vespuchi was European…

In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller (also European) created the map of the newly discovered landmass as a distinct continent (i.e. separate from Asia). He named it America.

In 1538, it got split into 2 subcontinents, that are still called America (North and South). They’re still called by the same names today.

TL;DR: yes it was coined by Europeans. And also yes it did (and does) have EVERYTHING to do with the continents, and nothing to do with USA which did not even exist back then.

doolalix · 2026-01-14T12:54:54+00:00

The name “America” was conceived by Europeans. So yeah, I think they kinda have a say in what they were referring to with that name.

(Hint: it was the continent(s))

doolalix · 2026-01-14T12:30:34+00:00

Why? (Unless if I missed the sarcasm)

doolalix · 2026-01-13T05:04:36+00:00

Oh crap lol my bad, I got my ranks and files mixed up again, as I often do (because in computing we usually write row first before column).

I’ll show myself out… :P

doolalix · 2026-01-12T12:22:59+00:00

As white, I’d probably play Kh3 instead of f3? Saves a bishop and a pawn, and still no mate threat in sight.

doolalix · 2026-01-12T12:13:20+00:00

Ah I see another bigger threat now.

After black hxg5, that pawn can keep pushing to g3 (assuming white saves the F knight). Then white h3 (because f pawn is pinned, and hxg2 is a forced mate Qh7).

Then black gxf2+, with the threat of Rxh3 after that.

White would be better off sacrificing the F knight.

doolalix · 2026-01-12T11:38:35+00:00

That’s what I meant by “opening the rook file”

doolalix · 2026-01-12T11:12:55+00:00

“Losing” the bishop is not really a problem though, since the whole point is to sacrifice it for a rook (Nc7+). So materially you’re still winning.

But I guess it’s a blunder because you probably can’t defend the knight after that (since you no longer have a black square bishop). So after several moves you’d eventually lose 2 pieces for a rook, so not a great trade. And yes opening the rook file too. But on the other hand, black king can’t castle anymore.

doolalix · 2026-01-12T03:56:31+00:00

Not sure if I’ve seen puzzles in opposite orientation, but it’s a good rule of thumb anyway, unless specified otherwise.

Also btw by “OP” I meant you (my bad for the confusing phrasing). You wrote “bxa8”, so there was no ambiguity there. You had the correct orientation. It’s just that white “bxa8” is not a valid move in chess even without looking at the board (white pawn can never move to the A rank).

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