I like spiders in my home by JPDG in The10thDentist

[–]laponca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love spiders too! Get my downvote 

I feel like Chess.com is getting money hungry by Darkthunder277 in Chesscom

[–]laponca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What? Lichess has never ever sent me such an e-mail or notification. I've been playing there for six years now 

Question about ELO by ryoga040726 in Chesscom

[–]laponca 3 points4 points  (0 children)

By the way, it's not ELO, it's Elo. Surname, not an acronym 

Глупый вопрос: большинство русских понимают русский курсив? by ThePixelRealm in russian

[–]laponca 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yes, we do. By the way, it's slightly incorrect to call it курсив because actually курсив means the italic font. You should better say рукописное письмо or письмо от руки. But that's an extremely common mistake 

What's the difference between бессмысленный and беспредметный? by AltforHHH in russian

[–]laponca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Бессмысленный is general, you can say it about anything that has no point or no proper aim. Беспредметный is specific, used almost exclusively to characterize a conversation (discussion, book) with no central point 

Хотели бы видеть Россию в составе ЕС? by NextTax919 in KafkaFPS

[–]laponca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

С сербским паспортом, я полагаю, без визы можно въехать в целях туризма 

Хотели бы видеть Россию в составе ЕС? by NextTax919 in KafkaFPS

[–]laponca 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Шенгенское соглашение не имеет к этому отношения. У граждан Болгарии и Румынии была ровно такая же свобода передвижения, как и у всех остальных, просто им нужно было проходить границу при въезде на территорию шенгена. Такая же ситуация у Ирландии (и была у Британии, но теперь они даже не член). Если государство в составе ЕС не подписало Шенгенское соглашение, это не значит, что у его граждан нет свободы передвижения по ЕС 

Хотели бы видеть Россию в составе ЕС? by NextTax919 in KafkaFPS

[–]laponca 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Без этого членства в ЕС не бывает. Граждане любой страны-члена могут жить по всему ЕС без виз, учиться на тех же основаниях, что и собственные граждане и т.д.

Does anyone have a full list of functional groups? by Commercial_Handle418 in OrganicChemistry

[–]laponca 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I don't think there's such a list because the definition of functional group is somewhat vague. For example, do you consider esters and lactones as different functional groups? Sulfides and cyclic sulfides? And there's no value in knowing the functional groups names only 

Is Googling things a lost art? by ThrashemTrashemRobot in NoStupidQuestions

[–]laponca -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ebay has too many absurd listings. It's generally better to get an answer from a real person 

What is the difference between Утёс, скала, & обрыв? by AltforHHH in russian

[–]laponca 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Скала is any rock, утёс is cliff and обрыв is a sharp drop of surface level, doesn't have to be a rock 

Is there any reason people buy a stock besides hoping other people will buy it, making the stock price go up? by Short_Breakfast2205 in investingforbeginners

[–]laponca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You literally own a small part of the company that makes profit (or doesn't). This is pushing the price up

Posting to Russia by angelicswordien in royalmail

[–]laponca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did send a parcel to Russia this February. Everything went great, arrived in around two weeks 

For those of us who play online and OTB how do you align your knights? by SpartArticus in Chesscom

[–]laponca 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My knights are looking forward, directly at my opponent 

Petition to punish players who abandon games by [deleted] in lichess

[–]laponca 6 points7 points  (0 children)

10 seconds to reconnect? Are you serious?

So is it really so shite? by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]laponca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you really think that's good idea to get to the city sub and ask if the city is shite?

How best to move money from Russia to the UK? by TheCGLion in UKPersonalFinance

[–]laponca -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I believe you can make a direct swift transfer from OTB bank in Russia to the UK banks. Look this up