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Religion is a payday loan against reality. As someone that grew up in a religious household, I am certain that no matter how well-intentioned people are, someone is going to have t…

This game seems to do weird things if you have a player able to disclose their choice in advance too. Stating that you will choose 42 is stronger than stating you will choose 1, as…

Leftists believe in egalitarianism, but this is very different from giving up personal freedom for collective values across the board. For one thing, leftists generally don't belie…

Perhaps an interesting piece of this is that high-level play is becoming so close to computer play that cheating is increasingly difficult to uncover. I feel that something in the …

If you choose to troll you gotta pay the toll

That's understandable, but if that's the case then I believe the most likely scenario is that Magnus has lost legitimately to Niemann twice.

I think you're spot-on here. Authoritarian-made realities seem to be the historical norm. Just look at the Roman Catholic Church at the height of its power. If anything, we were un…

Easier account creation and file sharing, I believe.

I hadn't seen this before, thanks for the tip! Not being able to capture certain pieces sounds like a fun challenge.

I'm actually working on a rogue-like chess game as an independent project right now! It got me thinking and researching more deeply about variant chess. My favorite so far is Fog o…

I believe there are a significant amount of these people that won't actually argue that just because the Spanish flu was worse in this way that the Covid pandemic isn't a problem.

And for the latter, you can cite excess mortality rates. Good example of the asymmetry of bullshit here.