EdwigePelagia

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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
I actually phrased my comment in the style of a marker who is marking some academic work, like an essay. The norm here is to address your points to the content of the paper itself and not appeal to outside information. So my comment is more
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
You've completed missed what I'm saying. I'm saying the best teachers for brand new chess players are those humans who specialize in rapidly training new chess players. The people who should write books on chess training are
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
>Instead of complaining, wouldn't it be more productive to take your own advice and post some of the resources that you found useful? No. Pointing out the low quality of this article is pretty easy and helpful. It's not like th
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
I actually agree that a GM is not necessarily the best teacher. But there are people with decades of TEACHING experience, and they are the best teachers. He's certainly within his rights to go around saying you should listen to him. Ju
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
It's actually a very interesting problem. It depends entirely on the person and the extent to which they are conscious of the multitudinous implications of their statements. But really, whoever has been giving you that advice is a dunc
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
Does HN operate on a kindness and friendliness economy? If some blogspam hack writes in a very kind tone but peddles complete unauthoritative bullshit should we coddle him so as to not hurt his feelings? All he because he wrote with "k
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
When someone asks an obvious question, the interpreter of the question has two paths to choose. (a) Assume the author is very stupid and then tell him the very stupid and obvious answer. (b) Interpret the question as rhetorical. People who
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
who is this guy and why should i take him seriously? he doesn't explain why his advice is worth a damn
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by EdwigePelagia 13y ago
Yeah this is pretty absurd. I've been "quoted" a few times in newspapers and they got my statements completely wrong. Just flat out changed the wording (and therefore meaning) of what I said. The Globe and Mail is as authorit