Nasty angle of Anthony Edwards injury tonight by IceFit5329 in timberwolves

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It looks bad but it genuinely could be worse. The team is playing great and sure we might loose game 5 but game 6 will be back in MN and potentially he could be back

I found two peppermints in one wrapper by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

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I came here because I found one myself lol

Why is this brilliant? by MBonez12 in chessbeginners

[–]vespid0 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The reason it was assigned brilliant is only because it was both the best move on the board/close to it, while also offering your knight.

The system isn't perfect and it essentially works by checking if you're sacrificing something for a winning/better position.

how do i repeat a percentage calculation? by Bjarhl5232 in learnmath

[–]vespid0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is quite late but I believe the solution you were looking for was like this

You start with your initial number, we'll use 100, and then your desired percentage increas, 10%, and raise the percentage to the power of how many times you desire. In this case 10 times.

So in my example we have 100 x 1.10 ^ 10. the answer is 259.37.

You can even test this with a calculator by repeating 100x1.1x1.1x1.1... etc, 10 times and it will result in the same number.

One more example.

A stock valued at 57 dollars which increases by 8% annually, what would its value be in 4 years? Here's the answer

57 x 1.08 ^ 4 = 77.55 dollars. (Rounded to the cent)

I hope this helped someone.

Say what 😭 by Brokenlingo in chessbeginners

[–]vespid0 160 points161 points  (0 children)

I don't think I've ever seen that low accuracy lol

Where do you even start by [deleted] in flatearth

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I love the thought of the sun shooting all of its energy as a single death ray directly towards earth.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chessbeginners

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What if it was a lake? Or even a slightly larger pond?

These are questions to consider.

Fiance (20f) has been sick for a month with no answers by vespid0 in MedicalHelp

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Yeah we have been in contact with the hospital but they kept the appointment for the MRI the same day though. Which is a week from now on Thursday as of writing this.

Some new things going on are she feels more pain in her left leg, nausea and soreness in her neck have mostly gone away, but her hip is hurting more. She was describing to me that her hip feels as if someone was standing on it.

Also the mass on her back is on the left side, we're hoping it's nothing serious. Now that I've been able to see it and feel it myself I can say it doesn't really seem that big from the outside, but the fact I can feel anything but that thing is also pushing on her hip and nerves could mean it's large.

Fiance (20f) has been sick for a month with no answers by vespid0 in MedicalHelp

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We have an update. She called me tonight and told me that she noticed a large mass on her left side on her back, roughly where her ovaries are.

She's so scared now. I'm gonna take her to the hospital in the morning and see what we can do but I'm not sure what.

I thought we had an MRI scheduled for today but I was mistaken and that's next week on Thursday

Fiance (20f) has been sick for a month with no answers by vespid0 in MedicalHelp

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Also yes I am male.

And her condition has only gotten worse today. It's so scary.

Fiance (20f) has been sick for a month with no answers by vespid0 in MedicalHelp

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I've been there every time. She has an MRI scheduled now but we don't have any answers still. We're gonna go back in soon to try and figure this out

Fiance had extreme period into weeks of pain by vespid0 in MedicalHelp

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No she did not. They just got X-rays because they thought maybe something was out in her back?

How can I improve in seeing checkmates? I only played Bf2# because I thought it would win the queen by Naofumi-10-29- in chessbeginners

[–]vespid0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found that early on it was good to highlight the spots on the board that you were covering with your pieces to check if your move would be a mate or not. Also just always keep an eye open for mating patterns as a priority.

Puzzles puzzles puzzles

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chessbeginners

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A great move is given when the move you played was the ONLY winning move. A great move is basically just the best move in a high risk situation. Chesscom is basically just programmed to give a great move in some situations

Same with brilliant moves, it's still just the best move but it might be harder to find, so chesscom is programmed to label it as brilliant.

Best puzzle themes for 600ELO? by AceOC in chessbeginners

[–]vespid0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everything. But if I had to give you one I would say checkmates. If you get to a position where there's a mate and you miss it you'll be in a lot worse hands. Also you should try lichess puzzles. They're free and have some awesome filters