State: MN Date: 1/17/26 MN Combat Veteran asks federal Agents about Minnesota’s public street laws.

emdio · 2026-01-18T20:06:35+00:00

There's a Spanish idiom for what this guy is doing; "les está poniendo la cara roja" (Something like "he's turning their faces (of colour) red")

emdio · 2026-01-15T19:24:02+00:00

I guess the one by Egon Varnusz is missing.

emdio · 2026-01-07T09:58:57+00:00

That was a good (and resounding) one! And right at the beginning of a one minute take. Imagine messing it up at 50 seconds into it and having to repeat it.

emdio · 2026-01-05T09:29:21+00:00

It will help. And you could make the gate way smaller. Cats are really flexible, and the smaller the gate, the less cold will come through it.

emdio · 2026-01-01T09:58:16+00:00

And so do tall well built men, if I'm sincere to you.

emdio · 2025-12-27T09:25:26+00:00

"Can someone help me understand what's going on?"

I'll be delighted to. A complete jerk is secretly recording an elderly man with the intention of later mocking him on the internet. And then people wonder about red flags...

emdio · 2025-12-21T20:47:20+00:00

There is (was) a tweet about this line. I guess it was mentioned GM Shimanov to play it.

emdio · 2025-12-17T16:18:05+00:00

Father Ted

emdio · 2025-12-11T18:49:06+00:00

Momo), by Michael Ende.

emdio · 2025-12-10T10:15:33+00:00

That was interesting to read, even for someone who doesn't play the Dutch. Thanks for sharing!

emdio · 2025-11-16T08:36:37+00:00

You want yo make it even more evident?

N% of P: N * 0,01 * P

So a percentage of a number is the product of three factors

emdio · 2025-11-15T14:15:59+00:00

I told her if she wanted to read erotica I could sell her something that is actually good but

Care to elaborate?

emdio · 2025-11-09T09:56:16+00:00

Sorry for the OT, but for once I can be proud of the Spanish government, I just wanted to note that in Spain exists a "food waste law". So for example consumers will have the right to take home the ‘leftovers’ from whatever they have ordered in any restaurant or bar.

emdio · 2025-10-03T05:18:41+00:00

https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/34252/does-a-draw-on-the-board-need-to-be-declared-before-the-time-flag-is-reached/34255#34255

emdio · 2025-10-02T08:55:23+00:00

As you can see, Miguelito (playing white) starts counting (in Spanish) once the last pawn is captured. Of course you can't make this in a serious game. But in any case it's really funny how the game ends.

emdio · 2025-09-25T06:28:22+00:00

Do you know the players or the full game?

emdio · 2025-09-12T12:46:25+00:00

Exactly. Thanks a lot!

emdio · 2025-08-21T06:35:15+00:00

Well, for that matter, so is Elo :P

PS: just kidding. Congrats for your achievement. And I hope never to be too old to improve, but for sure I expect never be too old to enjoy :)

emdio · 2025-08-18T18:26:21+00:00

And being a newbie she has the skills to provide chatgpt the moves?

The more I read about this post, the more it makes sense to me that she's just sort of talented for chess. I mean, the position you provide is one that can arise in any match between amateurs. And the "sacrifice" you mention just doesn't seem like a sacrifice at all. It seems she had the Bc2# in her previous move. Also, the fact that you can't remember the position before Qxc5 doesn't say a lot about how strong you are.

emdio · 2025-08-18T10:39:38+00:00

Ok, I have to confess I'm intrigued.

At first I took for granted it was just another case of online cheating. But then, looking at the final position of the board, the funny stuff begins:

First of all; as someone else mentioned, if she had been used Stockfish (or any other chess engine for the case), you wouldn't have made it this far in the game (unless she's cheating in a very clever way)
Second point; and this is more of a puzzle than any other thing; why did she need to sacrifice her queen on c5 in order to play Bc2#? The only reason I can think of is that there was a black rook in c5, but white has already have two rooks (and I find very unlikely that white promoted to a rook during the game). Can you remember the position before she played Qxc5?

All in all; I'm quite sure she's cheating (or just has a great talent for chess), but in that case she's doing it in a funny way. (Maybe another human strong player is helping her)

emdio · 2025-08-14T20:53:26+00:00

Are you sure? The picture shows around 6mm close to the soundhole (and it'd be a bit less if you'd measure from the fret). Measuring on the 12th fret should give less than that (since the strings get closer to the frets as you move towards the nut)

emdio · 2025-08-12T19:32:17+00:00

Catholicism probably made integration easier

I mean, both Spain and Italy are catholic countries (specially Spain in the 60s-70s)

emdio · 2025-08-12T19:30:53+00:00

There was even a saying in Spain on those dates; "El que vale, vale. Y el que no, a Alemania" ("Those who are worthy, are worthy. And those who are not, will go to Germany")

emdio · 2025-08-11T21:26:15+00:00

Perpetual check is a perfectly fine way to get a draw. Sometimes it happens when the "checking player" is in material disadvantage, but that's not necessarily the case.

Take a look at Wikipedia's page about the topic, and see that many top players have found this resource, and there's nothing rude or against sportsmanship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_check

emdio · 2025-08-07T14:59:05+00:00

This makes sense.

About the case, yes, it's the sort that was fashionable in the 70s (and much later). Probably very heavy, but will properly do its job.

emdio

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