Chess resources

 The first step in step Method

from Nate Solon and friends

In life and in chess

 1. It doesnt matter where you come from, all that matters is where you are going.

Hence the notation describing your new destination.

2. Delayed gratification from the father of a good chess player.

Nvidia's future

 Nvidia's future

akhenosiris

For : all the charts

8/24/23

What happens to CPUs that are being replaced?

 If better pre-processing and post-processing methods?

Against:

missed estimates thrice since 2011.

What if the customers decide to get scrappy and do with the state of the art data centers?

The macro?

costs of AI? And if any replacement of humans then the call for robo tax makes sense.

After 2028?

Why does a butterfly have to be beautiful?

 Looking at the faded underside of a butterfly.

One Thing Parents Won’t Cut From Budgets: Extracurricular Activities

 One Thing Parents Won’t Cut From Budgets: Extracurricular Activities

"

• Search for scholarships or grants that can help you pay for extracurricular activities.
• Contact local businesses and ask if they would be willing to sponsor your child's participation in an activity." -- Bard

Saving More in a 401(k) Can Now Boost Your College Financial Aid

 

When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut

This is where I came across it first.

has been compared to The Passenger by McCarthy

 

The Pole: A Novel by J M Coetzee

likened to the shorty story The Dead by James Joyce

ineluctable

chivvying the staff

Haydn Sonata

dances by Lutoslawski

Bartok

Mompou

What is a persons full selfhood?

What is a persons's soul?

On Chopin staying back in France and not retuning to Poland -

"He was ayoung mand when he departed, he was a young man when he died. Young (men) are not happy at home. They search adventure."

Gothic quarter Barcelona

Japanese kids start violin lessons with a sponge violin.

 "Two years ols, three years ols, the child carries a violin with (him) everywhere. To the toilet too! It is part of the body, like another arm, arm number three."

The Pianist

Claudio Arrau Chilean pianist who interpreted Chopin

Modus vivendi

Legato

wooden rose gift

nacre

Cyprian Norwid poet

Easing itno fition after decades. Most book I read are from the anguished in love. This one from the other side and especially with the twist that the blurb doesnt prepare you for. The ruminations of Beatriz and window into her thoughts before decisions are made, make it very unmovie like and even unbook like just like Beatriz noticing herself in the mirror and creating a distance from the imaginary/movie world that its the person in the mirror thats looking at her. Instead of art imitating life, art is the audience. The choice of foreign language divide brought an air of "lost in translation" doubt and belief to the book. 

On the obverse

 Think before you wish 

Women in Chess

"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life."—Paul Morphy

Ludic Fallacy

chess utility 

How Life Imitates Chess by Kasparov

Wilhelm Steinitz studied Morphy's games and recognised positional play. antipositional involving pawns.

Tarrasch rule, passed pawns

kingside vs queenside in Queen to Play review

 Availability heuristic didnt lead experts to conclude or doubt that women found with hunting tools could have been hunting too until a long time.

Judith Polgar

chess vs poker

In Castling, move the KING first.

In the heat of the argument

While extreme heat leads to more conflict, it has been found that in cold weather, some analysts didnt update corporate outlook after earnings update.

Watching trends

 Covid gave rise to many trends. Alcohol related deaths are rising in women. I referred to Cleopatra drinking recalling this newsoid with the hand wave of probably it being attributable to her beauty. Roman times werent in favor of women drinking. Coffee and drinks should come with an asterisk of drink with caution. I have now moved into the at-will coffee drinker territory.  Some is good but we dont know which side of it we will fall on. Come for the energy and stay for the no exit - Hotel California.

 Consumption without the addiction. 

Spider web after the architect had some coffee

 I have now moved into the at-will coffee drinker territory. 

"causal chain from cultural change to psychological change to modern economic growth.  The start of that chain is surprising: an obscure set of rules .. created WEIRD psychology"  - The Weirdest people in the world aka Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic societies

Do you see one offs developing into trends and repercussions?

Huberman and Ferris

 Dr Andrew huberman and Tim Ferris transcript

Concurrent training with multiple goals of strength. distance.

Central pattern generators

Math and Music

 While correcting my kids math homework, I started listening to music and recalled that when I was her age, I would do math listening to hum aapke hain joun songs.

And now my kid found that I marked a right problem wrong. So much for enhanced learning situation.

Another time, I took a break and thought about something which later turned out to be wrong. Oh so counterworkings. Life's leaner moments.

 

The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action

Effort counts twice until the time  you hit the top of the parabola and start sliding down.

Master Your Mindpower: A User Manual for Your Mind & the Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness

 

Master Your Mindpower: A User Manual for Your Mind & the Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness

Increasing resiliency with friction