User: rcs784 is not just a master of the pun, he knows his chess as well.

He made a very interesting post at AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017 (kibitz #153) which is worth reading in its totality, but which begins,

<rcs784: I just discovered something sensational about this game that nobody seems to have noticed yet...>

User: NeverAgain has posted a series of translations of Russian articles which are easy to miss but fun to read. High satire like the Russians do so well!

They are in a bit of a backwater, at USSR Championship (1950) (kibitz #25) et seq. and it is worth the detour to go and read them.

<Tiggler: <Nisjesram> I used to tell my students that in order to be outstanding, it is sufficient to be competent. They did not like to hear it. Think about it: in all professions, it is fair to assume that most are incompetent: they screw up far too often. To be competent, you have to be on time, on point, and accurate in your work, nearly every time. Every time would be perfection, but nobody gets there.

You can never be competent at anything unless you specialize, know you limitations, and stick to your niche for many years. In a new field you will make dumb mistakes without the least clue that you have done so.>

Insightful. Useful.

<Tiggler: My pleasure. Since you liked that, here is another thing my students were displeased to hear. I would explain that I could not actually teach them many useful skills, except for one: how to find their own mistakes. I would do this by means of great vigilance combined with experience of every conceivable type of misconception and screw up. Then I would explain to each what were the errors and why and how they occurred.

A few of the best students learned this as undergraduates. My doctoral students had to learn it if they wanted to graduate. When an "expert" gets out into the world, it becomes unlikely that anyone else will discover their mistakes until, possibly after an interval of years or even decades, their errors result in failures, possibly catastrophic in consequences.

Nowhere is this more true than in software/systems engineering. You can think of other examples, I'm sure.>

Odd Lie (archived)

<Rep. Al Green to force impeachment vote against Trump>

<MissScarlett: It varies. Here's one that took 132 years: F E Harrington vs Kenneth Rynd, 1887>

Oct-11-18 Howard: And who was first? Please don't say Bobby.

<scutigera: This is more like a snuff film than a chess game.>

"Sky Diver Jumps from Plane and Forgets Parachute - Dies from Corona Virus">

<HeMateMe: A play on the Beatles "Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Clubs Band"? Great pun!

<Phony Benoni: Oh, come on; that's not even sixty years old.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPT... Remember, I'm an Old Fart.>

HeMateMe: oh, I see...did you vote for MacArthur for president?

<Phony Benoni: No, but I voted for him for Park Commissioner.>>

<Bureaucrat: Joe Biden and Michelle Obama. How would the cultists react?

<rogge: With surprise. They expect a female VP.>>

<WannaBe: <technical draw> Yes, turn your monitor upside down, and the cursor will move from Right to Left.

Remember 9/10 doctors recommend <WannaBe> for Computer Technical Solutions.>

Tarrasch vs F Riemann, 1879 (kibitz #15)

<I have (and this is no joke) a cookbook called (I kid you not) "Manifold Destiny". It contains recipes for food you can cook by wrapping it in aluminum foil and placing it on top of your car's engine. Then, on a long trip, the heat of the engine will cook your food and you can enjoy it when you arrive at your destination. In addition to recipes the book contains diagrams of different engines; in-line 4- and 6-cylinders, V-6s, and V-8s (presumably you will not attempt to cook any food in the engine compartments of your V-12 Ferrari or Lamborghini), the suitable places on the engine (you wouldn't want it to fall off or interfere with your engine's performance) to place your food depending on whether you need to cook it quickly at a high heat or slowly at a lower heat, and the length of your trip. It has a list of some specific cars, models, engines, and their suitability for cooking certain types of dishes, as well as the number of typical servings that can be cooked based on available space.

Each recipe provides a guide to the distance required to cook the food, although the authors caution you to think in terms of time, since during rush hour your dish might be cooked in 3 freeway rams. Some recipes have the name of the car used to cook it, such as 'Hyundai Halibut with Fennel' or 'Pat's Provolone Porsche Potatoes'. And probably most appropriate of all, something that will appeal to those who enjoy puns in this site, 'Chevrolet Stingray', for those who enjoy skate.

The book is available on Amazon for a not unreasonable US $ 16 for the paperback edition. And it is certainly good for a laugh or two. Unfortunately the book is rather dated, published in 2008 and it has not been updated. Modern car engines with their surrounding plastic coverings may not provide as many good places to cook your food, and the results may be different. And some of the reviewers have actually tried some of the recipes (I haven't tried any) with mixed results, so don't necessarily take the book seriously. As the saying goes, when it comes to manifold cooking, your mileage may vary.>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDl...>

That's a good one.

Marmot PFL: I'll be watching for them in the upcoming Olympiad.>

Ha!