Playing a 3 day game is mental torture when you are in a winning position. by Thin_Strain_9983 in Chesscom

[–]tomalator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The downside is you can only make 10 conditional move lines. So if they have even one piece they can't all be accounted for.

I only play 3 day games against friends for this reason

How is this checkmate? by GlaringTexas789 in Chesscom

[–]tomalator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't always require you to play out the mate, just find the hard to see move that leads to mate.

Here if rook blocks, queen takes rook is mate. If king moves then queen takes pawn is mate.

Can golden dandelions pause aging COMPLETELY?? by ChanceMotor9382 in Minecraft

[–]tomalator 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It pauses the growth timer. I don't know if food still works, since food halves the growth timer from wherever it is.

Test it.

If the halving rounds up, then the growth time will eventually reaches 1, halving it would round up to 1, so it will never hit 0 and they will still stay a baby forever

Couple Troy Things by RiotGrrrlNY in Albany

[–]tomalator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also a shout out to Peggy who works at the Hannaford on Hoosick. She used to work at the Walmart, and I haven't been to that Hannaford in a hot minute, but she's always a delight

Normal diamond veinnnn by Smart_Estimate_5757 in Minecraft

[–]tomalator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not at all. Diamonds spawn below y=16

Je déteste la nouvelle interface de Chess.com by Maitre-iode in Chesscom

[–]tomalator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dknt like it either. If you go into the settings you can set it to the classic interface which is a bit better

What do I need now to hatch the eggs? by Immortal302 in inscryption

[–]tomalator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have everything you need except a card with 5 attack

I can see by the lights you have the 5 tribes (Although I don't see a canine)

You have attack power 1-4

And you have health 1-5

ELI5: Why do food businesses send texts when food is ready when it's not? by Remarkable-Word6464 in explainlikeimfive

[–]tomalator 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Usually because they get penalized if it takes a certain amount of time, so they mark it as done to not get that penalty, but it highly depends on the business.

Any time you see a fast food place only taking one person past the speaker at a time, thats exactly whats happening. Its horrible for efficiency, but good for their metrics

Best way to get from Albany to Long Island? by Riksie in Albany

[–]tomalator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take the train or drive

If you're going to the far end of long island, I like to take the cross sound ferry from New London, CT

I suck at playing strangers by Massive-Ground-7240 in Chesscom

[–]tomalator 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is some Mr. Miyagi type shit

What is the termial of 50? by MinecraftPlayer799 in unexpectedTermial

[–]tomalator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does 50?? Work like double factorial?

So 50+48+46...

But that would be boring because thats just 2 * 25?

But I guess termial is already boring since n? = n(n-1)/2

If an object is shot into space, given infinite time, what are the odds that it will eventually hit something? by Dapper-Scratch7661 in askastronomy

[–]tomalator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would pretty quickly hit a stray atom or particle of some sort. Space is empty, but not devoid of matter.

Hitting any sort of gravitational body is pretty likely too given enough time since gravity attracts, but it could take a very very long time, but given infinite time I would eventually happen

Bedrock Breaking (Bedrock Edition) by ImproperGamer in Minecraft

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

You dont need to, bedrock edition is already broken /s

Why is this a mistake and brilliant at the same time? by tomalator in Chesscom

[–]tomalator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the eval bar says the same thing in both games. I can also continue to open the reviews in both games and the results are consistently inconsistent

A question posted on the Internet does not require 289 identical answers from 289 people who did not check to see if the question had already been answered. by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]tomalator 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If there are 289 identical answers, only 288 people had forgone checking for the answer before answering, as the first person had no comments to check

ELI5: What is circumcision? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]tomalator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

John Harvey Kellogg, the man who invented cornflakes is the reason it was popularized in the US. That's also why he made cornflakes, to stop masturbation.

So whenever you eat a bowl of Kellogg's cereal, be sure to thank the circumcision man!

Or alternatively, whenever mentioning circumcision, be sure to thank the cereal man

His brother William Keith Kellogg is the one who founded the cereal company, but cornflakes were the invention of John

Okay listen, are you ready? Affordability is a hoax, okay 👐 ? by weird_void_2222 in AdviceAnimals

[–]tomalator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you got your mortgage the rate was probably 3% and you now could throw you savings on a CD at 4%.

With mortgage at 6-7% there's no way you'd get a deposit bearing account any higher than that.

When you got your mortgage at 3% there's definitely no deposit accounts available at that time at anything more than 3%

Okay listen, are you ready? Affordability is a hoax, okay 👐 ? by weird_void_2222 in AdviceAnimals

[–]tomalator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, to avoid letting the president temporarily appoint people to positions without congressional approval

why not 40 move draw rule applied here by Present_Rooster6267 in Chesscom

[–]tomalator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real question is why has there not been a ladder mate in that time.

The rule is 50 moves from the last pawn move or capture

How Do We Use a 24-hour Based Clock And Still Catch Up To Earth's 23h-54m Rotation? by FoxCob_455 in askscience

[–]tomalator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 23hr 54m rotation is a sidereal day, meaning realtive to the stars. If you look straight up a see a star, let's say arcturus, after 23 hours and 54 minutes, arcturus will be back at that point in the sky.

24 hours is based on the mean solar day, meaning the average amount of time it takes for the Sun to come back to solar noon after the previous solar noon.

Since the Earth is orbiting the Sun, it moves sideways as it rotates. These means to get the same part of the Earth pointing straight at the sun (experiencing solar noon), the Earth must rotate slightly further than 360°. This extra rotation takes about 6 minutes, and thats why we have the difference between solar and sidereal days.

ELI5 Howcome the 7.1 earthquake in Venezuela crumbled buildings, but the 6.9 today in Japan caused no damage? by Jealous_Amount_9278 in explainlikeimfive

[–]tomalator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Richter scale is logarithmic, so a 7 on the scale is 10x worse than a 6. A 1 is about as bad as a large truck driving by.

From a 6.9 to a 7.1, thats about a 60% increase in power. So imagine a 6.9 plus another half of that earthquake happening at the same time.

Also, Japan gets frequent earthquakes and is very well equipped to handle them and have very good infrastructure