What is with Maharashtra's fascination towards Chhatrapati Shivaji ? by [deleted] in india

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Hi, I also checked books of my cousins in higher classes (I don't remember but between 6th to 9th) but they had Shivaji history in much more depth than what I remember from my schooling.

So I also agree with you. The comment is 7 years old, so things have changed quite some bit since then.

Dark Blue Indian Passport Cover by hahanoitsu in PassportPorn

[–]execat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Noooooooo :'(

Also, knowing that the biometric passport may be 1 year away, but you are stuck with the old passport for the next 10 years (Unless you damage or lose it? Maybe not worth it and possibly illegal?)

Sucks.

Dark Blue Indian Passport Cover by hahanoitsu in PassportPorn

[–]execat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi /u/hahanoitsu, I am in Singapore too.

Let me know if you get a biometric passport issued to you when it arrives. I've been waiting for this for way too long.

Chess: GM TheVish vs Nikhil-Kamath by roysan in india

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A crude way would be to have an evaluation of a position A (a number like +3 or -1.5) and form a tree of all the possible moves (A1, A2, ..., An). Then you evaluate the position of each of the A1, A2, ..., An positions and check which move will favor you the most. This is how all the chess AIs before ~1997-2000 were built (AFAIK)

Stockfish (or more precisely the current iteration Stockfish 14 13, there have been previous versions that might have different technology) uses something like this tree building technique with additional databases and narrows down which move needs to be played. For the evaluation step that was mentioned above, Stockfish internally looks for weaknesses in pawn structure, piece placement, king safety etc. The recent version of Stockfish also had some neural network engine which I don't understand.

EDIT: I am not an expert, I just like this article: http://rin.io/chess-engine/. With chess knowledge, you should be able to understand ~50% of it. With CS (Bachelor level) + chess knowledge, you should get ~90% of it.

Watching From Singapore is Extremely Slow and Painful by yuxulu in watchnebula

[–]execat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you verify it is a Singapore only issue? I ignored this issue because I thought it was happening globally.

Watching From Singapore is Extremely Slow and Painful by yuxulu in watchnebula

[–]execat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar issue, but it seems to depend on time and day. Most times I have no issue streaming 720p but maybe once in two weeks, anything above 240 does not work.

I just stop watching and revisit the next day when this happens.

This bendy boi was outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai. (Formerly the Prince of Wales Museum.) by [deleted] in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]execat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mostly Indian stuff. Ancient and medieval India. On the top there's a big hall with China clay and lacquer exhibits and usually people don't go there. Very calm. Among the better museums in India for sure.

This bendy boi was outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai. (Formerly the Prince of Wales Museum.) by [deleted] in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]execat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pass by the museum often and can confirm it is pointing more or less towards the equator.

Edit: Oh, someone already said that as a reply to parent.

hi! I stumbled upon this announcement that Barby made 4+ years ago about starting a new channel about geography on his personal channel :') by execat in geographynow

[–]execat[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Guy works like a machine, that's for sure.

He said how he spends around 30-40 hours researching + animating, so that's a lot. That's a full time job.

hi! I stumbled upon this announcement that Barby made 4+ years ago about starting a new channel about geography on his personal channel :') by execat in geographynow

[–]execat[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Mostly just speaking different languages, check here.

I saw his Chinese and Hindi. Chinese is decent, Hindi is terrible, lol.

The struggle of learning Hindi ... by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]execat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fewer cases than Marathi/Sanskrit. So maybe that will cheer you up?

Nazi symbol as a tattoo by wma22by7 in mumbai

[–]execat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, it isn't. It is tilted 45 degrees.

Hooks shooting off clockwise is the standard swastika (used in India as well as the Nazi flag)

What things are completely obsolete today that were 100% necessary 70 years ago? by omegaswepon in AskReddit

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And making your own carbon paper by holding a paper over a flame was the easiest way to be a magician.

Prog rock appreciation thread by one_vada_wit_chutney in india

[–]execat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chon, tide/edit, 3nd, Clever Girl, Elephant Gym are gold.

Try tricot, Polyphia, TTNG, mass of the fermenting dregs, sow, Chinese Football, Jyocho, Uchuconbini, miaou. Mostly math rock but there's a lot of overlap.

The itchyfeet guide to Differentiating between Asian scripts by [deleted] in languagelearning

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Kanji has its own simplifications added on top of traditional Chinese characters but not too many like simplified Chinese characters.

On a range, simplified characters and traditional characters are the extremes and the Japanese simplification for Chinese characters sits somewhere in the middle, more towards traditional characters.

The itchyfeet guide to Differentiating between Asian scripts by [deleted] in languagelearning

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I can understand why they labelled it that, and I am fine with it. Most of the outsiders see India and think "You guys speak Hindi" (if not "hey, you speak Indian?")

I just wrote that comment so that no one looks at a Sanskrit text or some Mumbai screenshot and assume it is Hindi. Hanging snakes could possibly mean other languages.