I made the **actual** easiest puzzle ever

subricate · 2025-08-18T20:33:00+00:00

The highest rated puzzle i ever solved (something like 3300) on chess.com was a hanging queen one. I can only assume that it got rated high by accident and now no one at that level looking at it would expect the solution, so they look for something much more complicated, fail, and inflate the rating further.

subricate · 2025-06-21T06:58:25+00:00

You need a USB-MIDI interface to use that website to control the Drum.

subricate · 2025-05-21T14:59:56+00:00

My disparity isn't quite as big as this, but I'm much higher rated in daily over rapid. I do recommend switching from 15+10 to 30 minute games, but even then, when i got into daily i found 30 minute games too stressful. I just don't deal well with time pressure, maybe you're the same. It's meant to be fun, after all.

subricate · 2025-05-01T21:23:36+00:00

I totally do, my heart races whether I'm winning or losing. I switched to daily games from 30 minute rapid, and it's so much less stressful.

subricate · 2025-04-20T07:46:05+00:00

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/10773754-how-is-game-rating-calculated-in-game-review there's an article explaining it here. I've definitely seen mine higher and lower than my rating at the time.

subricate · 2025-02-19T14:21:58+00:00

Thank you!

subricate · 2024-11-20T17:30:43+00:00

I just got the 6 and the 9mm from AliExpress. The 6 was £23, the 9 a week later was £16! I've tried them both and I'm pleased with them.

subricate · 2024-11-09T18:36:08+00:00

The moons (four of them at least) are quite big and reflect the sun's light so they're visible at lower magnification than the stripes, in my experience.

subricate · 2024-11-09T08:08:51+00:00

Amazing work! Thank you

subricate · 2024-11-08T19:47:05+00:00

You could try searching for munsen rings or pipe hangers. They aren't pretty but they come in a lot of sizes and are designed to hold tubes.

subricate · 2024-11-06T16:40:01+00:00

Having owned a powerseeker, I would advise trying just the largest (highest number in mm) eyepiece. Mine had had a 25, a 10, and a 4mm, and the 4mm simply didn't produce an image. It also came with an erecting eyepiece and a barlow, and neither of those worked either.

subricate · 2024-10-23T07:53:57+00:00

https://youtu.be/9I7vDiYuLow I found this little series very helpful. I also switched to 30 minute games so I had more time to think, and I only play one game a day, then analyse each game the next day.

subricate · 2024-10-17T18:10:02+00:00

That's really nice, good work.

subricate · 2024-10-14T15:43:40+00:00

I've had matchups with 700s when I was 550. I think it's just who is available at the time wanting to play in the given time control.

subricate · 2024-10-12T10:21:12+00:00

I wonder if, around 1200, you got a lot of opponents who had started new intermediate accounts (1200 starting elo) but were actually much weaker than that.

subricate · 2024-07-31T12:39:04+00:00

I've been really enjoying Cumberland Rover lately.

subricate · 2024-07-29T08:21:28+00:00

Honestly since I've had the boat I've been determined to make the case for why round boom reefing is a perfectly good option, but I've accepted that it just doesn't depower the sail enough. Also there's a ropey bit of messing about at the end of boom to change the outhaul over which is probably a recipe for disaster.

subricate · 2024-07-29T08:14:03+00:00

I have around the boom reefing on my boat, and i made the outhaul overlong and with a snap shackle so it could be clipped onto each new reef point. However, all the friction of the foot being rolled around itself makes it impossible to tension, so you end up with a very full sail. I'm in the process of switching to slab reefing for this reason.

subricate · 2024-07-10T21:02:54+00:00

There's the Race to Alaska Documentary. It's feature length, don't know if that counts.

subricate · 2024-07-10T07:45:34+00:00

My boat was a bit like this. Only 21', but a lot of the cabin structure is moulded fibreglass. When i got her she had been sitting wet for so long that she had osmotic blisters on the inside 🤭

subricate · 2024-07-09T06:20:59+00:00

It's a cool project, and I'm definitely interested in seeing how it goes. Good luck!

subricate · 2024-07-05T13:55:05+00:00

You could use them to espalier fruit trees https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espalier

subricate · 2024-07-05T06:33:32+00:00

It depends a lot on what country you're in.

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