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by mna_ 6d ago
Chess is kept afloat by chess players, not by billionaires. If all the billionaire backers stopped sponsoring tournaments, people like me would still play, still pay for chess club memberships, still pay entry fees for tournaments, and stil
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by mna_ 1mo ago
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton is written primarily in English but has a lot of Latin and some Greek in it. To read it properly and fully, you would need to know all three languages.
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by mna_ 1mo ago
Cheers!
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by mna_ 1mo ago
> including ice cream. Name some brands please.
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by mna_ 2mo ago
Coursera stinks now. Extremely slow load times, annoying AI chatbot that takes up the right half of the screen on the landing page, and a lot of courses that were free are now behind a paywall.
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by mna_ 2mo ago
Nitpick: Iranians didn't invent chess. Four player chess called Chaturanga was developed in India, then it was picked up by the Iranians (in Farsi, it's Shatranj) and later the Arabs (at some point here, it became a 2 player game)
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by mna_ 3mo ago
Some more free ones: Abstract Algebra by Judson - https://judsonbooks.org/abstract-algebra-theory-and-applicat... Linear Algebra by Hefferon - https://hefferon.net/linearalgebra/ Real Analysis by Lebl
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by mna_ 3mo ago
A chatter linked HN on #commonlisp on freenode back in 2011.
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by mna_ 4mo ago
My HN viewing habit: check frontpage quickly (only the frontpage, rarely beyond that), check "new" for 5-6 pages to see if anyone has posted something cool, and then lastly check "active" and go through every page becaus
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by mna_ 4mo ago
Who remembers milw0rm.com?
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by mna_ 4mo ago
These banks and consultancy companies just hoover up all the talent and bright minds from our best institutions. You wouldn't believe the amount of Oxbridge grads I've met who now work at McKinsey&Co, Jane Street, etc. This is
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by mna_ 5mo ago
>In a typical American or British arithmetic textbook of the same period ... British students were taught from Euclid's Elements until around the 1970s, so he's wrong.
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by mna_ 5mo ago
For me, it's The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle. Those are the shows I watched as a kid and I'll love them forever.
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by mna_ 5mo ago
I've used them for pwncollege CTFs but pwncollege is way below your level (I've seen some of your write ups before).
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by mna_ 5mo ago
Bombing people (including kids) is not "trimming the grass".
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by mna_ 5mo ago
>on the Christian and Jewish sides, it's led by people who have no sincere belief in the respective religions, but hijack it for their personal power. Have you read the Old Testament? It's full of war.
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by mna_ 6mo ago
When I get sleep paralysis, I either see shadows or aliens (the typical Hollywood grey ones with big heads) surrounding my bed.
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by mna_ 6mo ago
I did this as a teen but I wasn't trying to meditate. I just wanted to listen to my favourite albums without any distractions. Anyway, I'd almost always fall asleep. How do you stay awake?
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by mna_ 6mo ago
You might like the British TV show Grand Designs.
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by mna_ 6mo ago
For the most part, he plays normal openings. If he does play something offbeat, it's because he's trying to avoid prep.
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by mna_ 6mo ago
Plus huge amounts of braindrain from all over the world after WW2 (originally from Europe, but nowadays mainly from India and China).
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by mna_ 6mo ago
Their sons however!
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by mna_ 6mo ago
No such thing as a shortage of workers, just a reluctance to train natives and pay them liveable wages. Note they mention "skilled workers" then show a lorry driver and a baker. Young Germans can drive lorries and bake bread. Thes
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by mna_ 6mo ago
Maybe he's saying those things because he has a horse in the game i.e. his bank account(s).
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by mna_ 6mo ago
You list "operations" that occurred after Trump burned bridges with us. Why would we help you after the insults, political meddling, and tariffs? Now go look at the Iraq War and Afghanistan War, when the US invoked article 5 (the
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by mna_ 6mo ago
Nestle is Swiss, not EU. Also they're quite an immoral company. I wouldn't put the word "flourishing" near Nestle.
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by mna_ 6mo ago
It's quite laggy and my laptop isn't even old/weak.
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by mna_ 7mo ago
Why? What didn't you like about it? That's one of Bergman's best films.
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by mna_ 7mo ago
What rules based order?
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by mna_ 7mo ago
>Meantime, the Eurofighter "lets try again" edition is falling apart, FCAS seems to be in a little trouble but GCAP is doing OK.

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