AntoniusBlock

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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
Rather than studying specific moves and move orders, you can get away with studying plans and ideas if you're under 2000 FIDE. I got to around 2200 online with minimal opening memorisation, but with a lot of time dedicated to solving t
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
If you're in the UK, all X-File episodes are available to stream for free on 4OD. I'm re-watching it too, but I'm so busy I can only do 1 episode every few days.
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
I'm playing on desktop. I tried to play in Firefox's private mode, but the emulator didn't load. I don't know if this is intended or a bug, but just thought I'd let you know.
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
Your site is great. I've signed up and I'm using it now to re-play EarthBound. Thanks.
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
I play on Lichess, so yes, you could say that. Too bad this name was taken by someone else on Lichess. Love Bergman, by the way.
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
Looks nice to me. Also it's very lightweight and fast. I ran WindowMaker on a 500mb RAM machine back in the early 2000s and it was very snappy.
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
Power and Chaos! Yeah, I remember watching The Tribe every Saturday morning. Turns out loads of people here in the UK watched it as kids too but they don't remember the name, so you have to say "it's the show where all the ad
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
Stopping the process of monopolisation is bad for business? Since when?
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
I learned to read German by working through "German for Reading" by Karl Sandberg. It's a great book. Work through it a couple times until the grammar is second nature, use the Anki deck "4000 German words by frequency&q
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by AntoniusBlock 3y ago
Cryptography I by Dan Boneh (Stanford University) Programming Languages by Dan Grossman (University of Washington) Both are on Coursera.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
This is a nice, short documentary on ANSI art and BBSs: https://vimeo.com/341663153
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
Sleep at the same time every night (this builds a routine). Eat dinner at least 3 hours before you sleep, no later. Shower before you sleep (cools you down and helps you sleep). Keep your room temp at around 18-19C. Buy blackout curtains an
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
I spent hours watching demos of pro games to learn wallbangs (especially de_nuke) and flash spots. Good times indeed! Shout out to HLTV.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
I expected more like 15-20k. That seems a bit low to me.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
They have no training or experience flying F-16s. They wouldn't be able to maintain and repair the jets either without training and parts from the US.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
Thanks for the recommendation. I've added it to my backlog.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
Very cool! Here are some of my favourite Eastern European films, in case anyone wants recommendations. Poland: Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (1965) !!!! Sanatorium pod klepsydrą (1973) !!!! Ziemia obiecana (1975) !!!! Osobisty pamiętnik g
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
`all over the shop' meaning all over the place, not literally all over a shop/store which is what Google Translate and DeepL translate it as. It's British and Irish.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
100% agree. If `pure input' people, like Stephen Krashen and Steve Kaufmann, are to be believed then output (like speaking and writing) would eventually come after lots and lots and lots and lots of reading and listening, but I'm
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
When I was studying Norse mythology (for fun, not academically) I read that even though Scandinavians were in close contact with Romans, Greeks, Arabs and even Indians via trading routes, they didn't really commit too much to writing.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
This is a bit random, but your comment reminded me of the film The Dacians (1966) which portrays the impending Roman invasion of Dacia. It's a good film. I don't know how historically accurate it is, though.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
I learnt Latin with LLPSI 1. Though I must admit, LLPSI wasn't the only resource I used. I had to use latintutorial's* youtube videos (his videos are great btw) to explain certain bits of grammar that I couldn't understand on
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
I think it'd make more sense because we're taking in different developmental factors together.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
I don't know. Ask your law-makers. I live in a country where you can drink alcohol at 16 as long as you're accompanied by an adult, for example. Then at 18 (when you're legally considered an adult), you can buy and drink your
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
Adult is the correct term. I just don't think we should base adulthood on nebulous things like the ability to drink alcohol, smoke weed or rent hotel rooms, but rather to put a bigger emphasis on biology.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
Average everything out and you'll get a number close to 18 which is the typical adult age in most countries. >Sexual development, ability to bear children? Mid teens for most, earlier for some. Let's say 15 >Completed pubert
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
Being an adult is based on biological development, not whether you can drink or buy weed.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
How much do you make per year?
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
That's only worrying if they can reliably detect nuclear submarines. Until then, all it takes is a couple dozen torpedoes and their best ships get a free trip to the bottom of the ocean.
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by AntoniusBlock 4y ago
Q: who's the best chess player of all time? A: The best chess player of all time is generally considered to be the late Garry Kasparov, [...] >late Garry Kasparov Silly bot scared me into thinking Kasparov had died.

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