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yeah, no. unless you're an ios developer

Has anybody tried the amd version, the t485? I was considering buying one of the two.

I don't agree with his claim that big tech advances are responsible for teen suicide rates, and definitely don't appreciate him trying to capitalize on it to push his own agenda.

I must say though,

>What passes for innovation by Big Tech today isn’t fundamentally new products or new services, but ever more sophisticated exploitation of people.

Does have some truth to it

I mean, to be completely honest, I find playing chess very fun, even if it was a "waste of time"

Topcoder is kinda flawed, but competitions like the IOI and ICPC are quite legit. In addition, `tourist`is the top performer on codeforces as well as basically any competitive programming site

I started chess at about 900 lichess, and plateaued at 1800(10+0 rapid).

What got me from 900-1100 was playing carefully and evaluating my move before I played it(can this piece be taken/is there a mating strategy for my opponent), to prevent blunders

What got me from 1100-1400 was learning two solid openings (Ruy lopez for both sides/ Grunfeld against 1.d4)

1400-1600 was doing hella tactic puzzles, and putting myself in my opponent's position and looking for his tactics

1600-1800 i have no idea, just practice i guess

John Bartholomew's strategy videos and Saint Louis Chess Club opening videos were probably the best resources for me to learn

sometimes I read this guy's wikipedia page for inspiration