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PNT510
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PNT510
4y ago
It's comparing players of the same rating today vs. the past using the chess engine Stockfish to analyze how well players are a certain ELO performed. For example a player with an ELO score of 2000 today is stronger than a player with
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7y ago
You're totally off with your numbers. I don't know anything about college entrance exams so I won't comment on them. If you play football in the NCAA you need to be closer to the 98th percentile to have a shot in the NFL. And
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7y ago
I don't think it's just that. I think a lot of it is just a desire for successful results. Once you learn how to do something and it works you don't bother with asking if it's the most efficient way or not. You know it w
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7y ago
Except those "better bookstores" are also struggling. The internet might not be killing physical book sales, but online retailers are killing physical book retailers.
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8y ago
I think the conversion is somewhere around 1 pound to 1.30 in dollars. So 26k for training and 52k afterwards.