petegrif

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by petegrif 12y ago
Brilliant insight. Who'd a thought it?
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by petegrif 12y ago
Countries vary a good deal on how much they tax you. And as the article says, St Kitts has no capital gains tax which is by far the most important tax rate for the wealthy.
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by petegrif 12y ago
This is culturally related to the US dislike of dark comedy. Very few movies in this genre have ever been successful in the US whereas they are a stock in trade in Europe. (Dr Strangelove, Bad Santa...??)
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by petegrif 12y ago
I have seen precisely this kind of national soul searching before. The UK entered WWII the world's greatest power and exited as a small bankrupt island. But did the myth of exceptionalism evaporate with the change in status - hell no.
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by petegrif 12y ago
She would indeed get such a bonus.
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by petegrif 12y ago
Plenty of people don't take points on the gross. Very few people get such points on gross.
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by petegrif 12y ago
No. It's because only top players get gross. Anyone can ask for it but few get it.
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by petegrif 12y ago
It has always been like this. We just have more access to the truth.
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by petegrif 12y ago
Now add a code so that you can scan with your phone and it will tell you if you can park there.
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by petegrif 12y ago
I live in LA. She's right. Thank God for her.
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by petegrif 12y ago
Good point. Like reviewing the strategies of successful entrepreneurs. :)
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by petegrif 12y ago
Well said. This is scary hard. The word 'gruelling' doesn't begin to capture it.
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by petegrif 12y ago
Heard her talking about this piece on NPR. Unimpressive.
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by petegrif 12y ago
We can only pray that it will.
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by petegrif 12y ago
Many years ago I was a trader. I recall watching analysts 'explaining' what had just happened in the markets. The question that naturally arose, was why they weren't speaking from their yachts.
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by petegrif 12y ago
I agree. Caruana is a freak and he continues to get stronger.
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by petegrif 12y ago
IT sounds like an incredible feat even if you are a serious/competitive chess player. And whilst it is indeed the case that 'at a certain level almost anybody can play a decent blindfolded game' that level is high.
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by petegrif 12y ago
Bernard Hopkins is very nearly 50.
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by petegrif 12y ago
That must be a great comfort to them. But what an empty context to speak from that reduces all ills to events that will be 'righted in the end.'
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by petegrif 12y ago
It can be deduced that the vast majority of the community are rationalists who are not sympathetic to expressions of faith in this context.
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by petegrif 13y ago
And don't forget the significance of the doubling die!
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by petegrif 13y ago
Bridge
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by petegrif 13y ago
Yes - I can't justify my instinct here. I believe there have only ever been 7 players >2800 ELO and Caruana is one of them. But of those Kasparov is retired and Anand, Topalov and probably Kramnik have probably peaked. That leaves C
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by petegrif 13y ago
Why? He is still a great player.
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by petegrif 13y ago
His stamina is undoubtedly a major strength. And this is allied with his uncanny ability to keep pressure on his opponents in even the most apparently even positions. This pressure mounts and the psychological impact is devastating because
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by petegrif 13y ago
Hard to see what it could mean. And even if some genius came up with some currently inconceivable insight that could also be added to the computer's repetoire.
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by petegrif 13y ago
That's right. I was referring to Ivanov and he was well and truly busted recently and has now 'retired.'
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by petegrif 13y ago
Wrt 'young Chinese kid' - Wei Yi - he is indeed a prodigy but there have been many prodigies and whilst they all end up very very vyer strong players by no means all of them challenge for the top spot. If you look at the list of y
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by petegrif 13y ago
That's why modern players train so hard physically. It is an enormous physical strain. GM King makes this very point in his concluding remarks about the last game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9h1UqIcrUw He agrees
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by petegrif 13y ago
Yes - it's a good site.

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