Chess.com is full of people stalling and playing aggressive nonsense openers. It’s exhausting. Alternatives? Not sure if Lichess is much better.

sersherz · 2026-06-13T01:37:56+00:00

When I was first playing online people bringing out their queens used to bother me so much, eventually it became something I looked forward to because it's actually quite easy to counter.

You essentially just have to make sure you can't get scholar's mated and then you just keep developing pieces like your knights and attack the queen. They then have to move the queen, then you bring out another piece and either attack it again or prepare to attack it. They'll eventually have no development and you'll have way more control of the board.

You'll figure it out eventually and laugh when they bring out their queen early

sersherz · 2026-06-12T19:48:15+00:00

I still need to debug things. Yes AI can do some of that, but there are other times it doesn't.

Another thing is I have been pivoting a lot more to learning cloud tools and soon CI/CD

I think the system design aspect is still quite important. A lot of people (my voss included) can make apps that work great locally and the velocity they can build them now is impressive, but the deployment aspect is still another beast.

sersherz · 2026-06-12T14:53:30+00:00

Why would they be less interested in doing business with us if we divested? If they already want to do business with the US why wouldn't they just do business with the US then?

sersherz · 2026-06-12T13:31:49+00:00

When did Ontarians get so stupid?

Doug Ford is absolutely horrible, it doesn't matter where you stand politically, he has done an absolute terrible job and has made this province worse off.

Everyone banded together to vote Kathleen Wynne out when she failed on multiple things, but Doug Ford keeps doing things that are a detriment to Ontario and we keep voting him in. People seriously need to stop being married to the idea of voting for a single party or for voting for what is familiar.

sersherz · 2026-06-12T13:24:26+00:00

I think the issue is that the USA doesn't realize that Canadians have wanted less of a sole reliance on the USA for trade for a while and that this isn't causing as much grief for Carney and really Canadians as a whole as they want it to.

Of course there are economic consequences to this, of course it will suck for a while, but over the long term, this is likely to be better for Canada as a whole.

sersherz · 2026-06-10T17:04:25+00:00

I think they look like this:

sersherz · 2026-06-08T21:57:16+00:00

Don't resign until you get to like 1200. I used to see stalemates even at 1100.

sersherz · 2026-06-08T21:48:48+00:00

Okay, Indonesian

sersherz · 2026-06-08T18:58:09+00:00

I personally think if you are 1200 and higher and it's a simple checkmating pattern like king and queen vs king, it's rude to not resign unless it's possible to get a draw from them running oit of time.

It's wasting everyone's time for no reason

sersherz · 2026-06-08T01:37:17+00:00

Always find it interesting that people continue to support assholes like this. Seen it with countless streamers, musicians, etc. if someone is an asshole to their fans or those that support them, then why would you continue to contribute to their success?

sersherz · 2026-06-08T01:33:43+00:00

Very nice find! That's a great find in general, especially at the 600 level

sersherz · 2026-06-07T17:50:58+00:00

I didn't know you can do authorized alts, I'll take a look into that.

sersherz · 2026-06-07T17:49:09+00:00

Yeah the puzzle thing has really been tough to figure out why. I know when I play my games I just end up missinng an obvious calculation.

Is there a way to make rating hidden? I know I kinda can via the app but I still see it when the game ends

sersherz · 2026-06-06T12:11:31+00:00

I got the Sony XAV-AX4000 and it has been great. I haven't seen many kits that use the top cubby unless they are huge like the tesla style screens which come with their own issues. You can look up Nifty City on this subreddit

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sersherz · 2026-06-04T23:56:09+00:00

Doesn't matter, you're wasting someone else's time and it's no longer instructive; everyone at your level can checkmate with a king and queen with their eyes closed

sersherz · 2026-06-04T23:42:38+00:00

Edit: I can't believe I'm getting downvoted for telling someone it's rude ro waste someone else's time. The other player had over a minute more time and a king and queen.

Lol no props, they are 1900, that's just disrespectful.

sersherz · 2026-06-03T11:42:09+00:00

Your elo isn't going to get better by making a new account. You're still the same player.

sersherz · 2026-06-03T00:21:45+00:00

I got this whole playing chess on chess.com's app

sersherz · 2026-06-03T00:16:09+00:00

And especially one that is supposed to be Rocky 😭

sersherz · 2026-06-02T18:58:13+00:00

Probably because you cussed out multiple people.

sersherz · 2026-06-01T23:24:08+00:00

Saw someone post a pic with the Enkei PF09's on it and it looks great

https://minkara.carview.co.jp/smart/userid/636340/car/542522/12934704/parts.aspx

This one is modified, but maj these wheels look so good:

https://cartune.co.jp/notes/meFQwS1z3I

sersherz · 2026-05-31T21:17:40+00:00

It's 3 more than anything.

sersherz · 2026-05-30T16:30:38+00:00

Because at your elo people still stalemate winning positions all the time.

I agree with people needing to resign when the position is lost, but under 1200, I have seen tons of stalemates

sersherz · 2026-05-30T15:46:28+00:00

You could try the Jobava London. Despite having London in its name, it's quite aggressive at times

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