solrize

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[–] solrize 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Use a medic alert bracelet if you need something like that. EMTs are trained to look for it. They aren't going to derp around looking at your phone.

[–] solrize 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've never been able to get a library card anonymously, but anonymous email is pretty easy I thought. I use mailinator sometimes, which has no registration even.

[–] solrize 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mute the entire TV and use the closed captions when watching the programs. I do this.

[–] solrize 2 points 3 months ago

They don't say what models but it probably doesn't matter. It's fine with me if my phone is basically generic. (Moto G Stylus 5g 2023).

[–] solrize 2 points 3 months ago

I set up ZNC and got it working but it was a pain in the neck, took some trial and error, and the docs were confusing. Once I got it going I basically left it alone rather than try to clean up the situation.

[–] solrize 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Don't, just don't, or maybe do. A lot of those apps phone home with your period info to help marketers and the secret police infer when you might be pregnant. So if you're going to use such an app at all, use it for anything except actual period tracking. That should at least confuse them.

[–] solrize 7 points 3 months ago

Psychological or possibly medical disorders. There is a whole branch of clinical practice to deal with this. It might or might not help, but it probably beats asking the internet.

[–] solrize 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The High Table sends an adjudicator with a special type of haircut. I think the hair style has a name, but I don't know it.

[–] solrize 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

In chess there is a fairly common situation where you are in first place in the last round of a tournament, 1/2 of a point ahead of your opponent (you get 1 point for winning a game and 1/2 point for a draw). So if you win or draw the game, you win the tournament and get a lot of money. If you lose the game, your opponent wins the tournament and gets the money. You get 2nd place, i.e. less money possibly split with other competitors.

That means you can choose a safe playing strategy that likely leads to a draw, while your opponent has to choose a risky strategy with higher chances of winning.

(Some chess context: high level games are usually drawn. They are only won by someone making a mistake. Also, the first move (white pieces) confers an advantage, so it's usual to seek winning opportunities if you have white, while just trying to hold the draw if you have black. To attempt winning with black requires seriously risky play. Bobby Fischer basically conquered chess in the 1960's by constantly trying to do that, which required playing with maniacal intensity all the time).

[–] solrize 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok, I emailed my friend (above) and she said Khan Academy and she says it has exercises. That's great, I had thought it was just video lectures. So I'd go for that.

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