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Lets not forget Whoopi though.... Sad to hear about Louise Fletcher's death. Cant say her character was my favorite on DS9, but thats all the more credit to her portrayal of Kai Winn.

Well, keep in mind that chess.com has what it has called a "DNA crime scene analysis" for every chess player in the world. My guess is Carlsen is probably basing his accusations on some version of this analysis that they may have shared with him (I think chess.com and him are pretty close collaborators, but not sure). Anyway, here is an article: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/23/the-people-who-police-chess-cheats-we-built-a-scene-analysis-for-every-player-in-the-world There are other models described in the article too, that diverge from what chess.com says (including the one FIDE uses). Chess.com may have to divulge more of their analysis to clear up some of the smoke.

I have to say, complaining about cheating or acting divorced from reality is pretty much par for the course amongst world chess champions (or even those in the highest echelon). Lets begin with Fisher and his numerous crazy conspiracy theories (mostly antisemitic), followed by the various accusations of psychological tricks/mind control stuff between Karpov/Korchnoi, Kasparov vs Deep Blue, Topalov accusing Kramnik of getting assistance in the bathroom, culminating in this latest saga involving Carlsen. I'd say Vishy and Kramnik seem the most even-keeled of all the world champions thus far, and I thought Magnus was pretty grounded too. However, this year has him make some pronouncements that indicates everything is not all right with him.

Wasnt it an online game? https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/19/chess-magnus-carlsen-resigns-from-online-match-hans-niemann From the screen grab it looks like they are in different locations. Hans's protestations from here on will be known as the Niemann Defense.

Yes, most of the particles (with mass) generated in nuclear reactions travel much slower than the speed of light and non-relativistic calculations are perfectly appropriate there (one of the exceptions to this would be neutrinos for instance coming off the fusion in the sun, but their mass is 0 or close enough). Much of the work in Los Alamos was dedicated towards the engineering aspects of creating a sustainable nuclear reaction (of course, with a lot of input from scientists), but I would say conceptually (big picture wise) the groundwork was laid in the years prior to the war. Presumably the reason the Nazis didnt pursue a bomb seriously was because Heisenberg did a calculation regarding how much fissile material would be required, and it was 3 orders of magnitude off (if memory serves me correct). Whether he did that deliberately or not is up for debate. (Edit: This story may not be actually true, but there has been quite a bit of discussion around whether or not H knew what the critical mass would be) Thematically this biopic may share similarities with the Turing one, in that in both cases we have a brilliant mind who achieved great success leading a collaborative effort followed by post-war hounding by an ungrateful government. Wonder if Nolan will draw on prior work.

McIlroy (another one who promised so much) seemed happy with his second place finish. Apart from that, Tiger brings the ratings up, even more so today, which probably translates to better paydays for everyone involved. Win-win.

I was curious why Marco Rubio was so interested in DST. After all, the closer to the equator you are the less impact DST has on your life, and much of Florida is on the same latitude as northern India, which doesnt follow DST at all. And then a bit of digging unearthed that Florida had already passed a permanent DST bill in 2017, but for reason of some government arcane-ity, needed the US House (or Senate or both, who cares) to pass either the same bill or a similar bill. Hence Rubio's involvement.

I havent read the books, so I am just going by how it felt to a viewer who has that perspective, coupled with the rushed nature of the season.

Caught the finale, and I'll go against the grain by saying it seemed a bit too rushed for me, and included some contrived plot points that seemed out of character with the nuanced nature of the show thus far. I think I am most annoyed by how quickly the 'final battle' was done with. No spoilers, but it was essentially some off screen stuff followed by a push of the button.

I came into episode 3 thinking they had scaled back on the Belter lingo (it seemed as if Marco and his crew always seemed to speaking Standard English) but just to mess with me they had significant chunks of dialogue in Belter-ese. Anyhoo, the Ceres stuff didnt make sense to me especially in terms of how it was pulled off.

Have a somewhat similar story at my company, where I noticed it happening more and more and incorporated it into my signature. Should note that it routinely makes the top 25 of the friendliest companies for LGBTQIA+ people to work at, so it doesn't have to created any questions or ruckus (keep in mind we are in a reasonably conservative part of Michigan, but not capitol storming crazy level). I did put down the pronouns as preferred, which is fine when it comes to me I guess.

Here in suburban and small town US the yearly process is to rake/blow/sweep the leaves into a nice pile by the side of the road that municipal services come and collect every year. The roads are cleared as a matter of course as part of the yearly process. I'd agree with what you say about leaving a nice pile for little critters to munch on in your yard, but as 'they' say, you cant fight City Hall (although it isnt really a mandate).

Not really a gardening thing per se, but its now leaf raking/blowing season here in Michigan (a bit late but whatever). The thought is that the falling leaves choke the grass below over the winter if you don't rake them, but I've always been a little dubious of this notion. At any rate, I think the debate though is whether to let the city collect the leaves or have it sit to the side and maybe be naturally mulched over the winter. The latter has the advantage at least of maintaining some sort of biodiversity in your environment.

Here in the US, retirement options have shifted away from pensions towards 401(k)s, so everyone is an investor (as in, those lucky enough to have retirement accounts from our employers). I dont dabble in investments past that, but my only goal is to shift my retirements as far from stocks as I can in the coming months.

My own skin and hair care regimen essentially boils down to body wash and shampoo every day. I do have an amusing story though; I think I got sunburned for the first time in 46 years last week. Keep in mind that I grew up in India (but this week marks my 25th year in the US), so it isnt something I was expecting. Nevertheless, after spending much of a Saturday shirtless I found my shoulders hurting like someone had punched it. And sure enough (gross alert, avert your sensitive eyes) a week later I found some skin flaking off there. Make sure you apply sunscreen too, brown people.

Close, he was a factory owner.

My grandfather owned a few Alsatians back in the day in India (called German shepherds everywhere else, I guess they are still fighting the old fights back there). They seemed to do ok. One thing I never bothered to think about then was how they did with a vegetarian diet (my grandfather was a pretty strict vegetarian, and I cant imagine they allowed meat in his house). Might wanna think about the best breeds that tolerate low-meat meals.

We do glucosamine for the arthritic doggo as well, it does seem to help. I cant carry her up the stairs though, she weighs about 105 lbs.

I have 2 rescues that I got 8 years ago (ages are a bit of a guess, but maybe 4 and 6 back then). They are definitely feeling their age. One has trouble going up stairs, and the other appears to have caught some sort of stomach bug (she was throwing up every 4-5 hours until we took her to the vet). I think we've been expecting this for a while, so I guess I am ready? I have to say in my experience vets appear to work at the intersection of real science and a fair bit of 'woo'. Treating doggies typically is a mixture of real drugs and some sort of supplements, and I always wonder how good the latter are.

Cops need more training of course (especially in the way they use firearms), but I also think they dont need to be armed for every interaction with the public. For instance, I've never understood why stopping someone for a traffic (or vehicle) infraction needs to involve firearms. The only case I can think of is if it is a drug bust or active chase, but these are only a fraction of the cases. Absolutely no need for the kabuki theater around having someone step outside with their hands in full view etc. Also note that the cop stopped the driver, the driver wasnt actively looking for a confrontation which is another reason for there being no reason for escalation. Decriminalizing possession of marijuana would go a great way in reducing those cases. Not having quotas for arrests would help too. Not needing to enforce every piddling law would as well.

While I don't know if I like Discovery or not (I know, its been 2 seasons, but I'm on the fence still), they should at least be given some credit for moving with the times. If you look at other Star Trek incarnations over the years, they seem to be stuck in the 80s/90s when it comes to LGBTQ issues aside from some token efforts. Even Star Trek: Picard and Lower Decks appear to be from a different era. Now I love Star Trek as much as anyone else (more so than others), but there are definitely some blind spots in its portrayal of many social issues. It should be the easiest Universe in which to incorporate a transgender person or gender fluid individuals.