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Chess: Offence Against Modern Defence: Hm Variation

I played white (offence) in 3 minutes Super Blitz on Lichess as Anonymous. Opening theory? Ignored. Material balance? Hm. In this game, as a drunk bard, my strategy was an alternating: Let's try this - Oh, well - Don't mind if I do! 🤦 It was hilarious at the end (22nd banter). 💥 I didn't realise I constructed a proper prison. Hm, alright, I did plot that. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. Hm. 🤔 Chess Training on Lichess Learn 🧐 There's LEARN menu on Lichess. You might want to navigate the sub-menus to find out more. From Chess basics to Coaches . Puzzles 🤔 I usually do puzzles on Lichess to sharpen my positioning — so many variations! It is not timed, thus it's great to fill our spare time. Three to six puzzles will be sufficient per day. Or per every time we visit Liches...

Google Apps Script Shares a Global Namespace: Use Unique Function Names

Hi. 🙂 I experienced this in my Google Apps Script project. I thought each .gs file was isolated, nope . It's like embedding multiple .js files in an HTML . All script files are loaded into the same global context, as if they're one continuous script. For example, we have many .js files (without using type="module" ) in the HTML . Each script has this similarly named function, init : First script. For instance, it is defined in <script src="./js/firstScript.js"></script> : function init() { console.log("Log from first script."); } Then in the other script. Defined in <script src="./js/secondScript.js"></script> : function init() { console.log("Log from second script."); } Then calling that init function somewhere from another script file. Let's say from <script src="./js/main.js"></script> : init(); Depe...

The Requested Operation Requires Elevation

This response in Windows terminal: The requested operation requires elevation. 🤨 What in bleating sheep does that mean? Elevation? 🤔 Of what? Spirit? Cholesterol? Was I trying to open a gateway to the underworld via syntax? Hm. Indeed, it means the execution needs administrator privilege. But the phrasing is utterly woolgathering . 🐏 Security Concerns They might claim, We made it that way so it would confuse the hacker. No, Karen. It made my eyebrows went up. Karen, hacker means the person hacks things, even your woolgathering sentence. With a butter knife, because an axe will be excessive. Hacker won't scope the "hacking". I hack, thus I scope myself to Rust. That's barmy. Rust has many things in it, which one? Is it the oxidation? 👀 Karen? Or was it Barry? 🤔 Oh well. 🤷 My phrasing would be: The command needs administrator role. I dare you to activate it through script. Do you accept? Oh, you do? Or a rare breed of civilis...

Simple Node.js Dev Server with Auto-Reload for HTML/CSS/JS

Greetings. 😃 Sometimes, all we need is an HTML , a little CSS , and some JS — no React circus, no Vite firehose. But we still want our page to reload when we tweak a pixel. In here, we will use Browsersync 🏆 Node.js package. And of course, you need to install Node.js first on your system. For code editor, I use VSCode 🏆 . Assuming Node.js is already installed. To check installed Node.js version on your system, open your terminal (Command Prompt / PowerShell — Windows) then type: node --version We can employ nvm to make Node.js installation easier to manage. Available for Windows ( nvm-windows ) and Linux (default nvm project — for Debian, Arch, Fedora, Slackware, etc. — provided you've got bash , zsh , or any POSIX-compliant shell.) For macOs, we can install default nvm project — use Homebrew , add env to profile. In this setup, I use Node.js v22.12.0 . Setup Let's do this on Windows 11 operating system — with Node.j...

Avocado

Avocado, with its might, of being shaped like a water droplet, enlarged, green then muddy brownish-purple (ripe) — sometimes with those black spots, looks like a testicle, hanging on a tree — is indeed originally named testicle. 🤣🤦 I kid you not, dear reader. Avocado ( Persea americana ) is native to Central America and southern Mexico. It was first domesticated by the indigenous peoples there thousands of years ago — long before the Spanish even knew the New World (the continent of America). In Nahuatl (language or group of languages belonging to the Uto-Aztecan language family), it is āhuacatl . It literally means testicle. They call it that due to the shape of the fruit. Āhuacatl is pronounced as aː.wakat͡ɬ . AH-wah-kahtl. The final -tl is a single consonant ( t͡ɬ ), common in Nahuatl, pronounced like a soft, quick "tl" with the tongue flicking near the roof of the mouth (think of a quick "tul" but not fully separated). The Spanish Then came the Sp...

Chimera (1991 Mini-Series)

I watched Chimera (1991) few days behind. Because I think it would be about the abomination beast, Chimera — the ancient Greek mythology creature. Well, it was James and a female orangutan, named Daffodil, had a baby. The baby was suddenly a fully grown oranguman . Well, fast forwarded, not a gradual progression — as presented in the series. It is 1991 British telly magic at its finest. I made up James, orangutan, Daffodil, and oranguman. But basically, it was like that. It was supposed to be a science-fiction horror — but by golly, I couldn't stop thinking about other things while watching. They indeed did serious acts, proper. But my thoughts wandered elsewhere from episode 1 to 4. Not to mention the rich dialect in every scene. I discussed it with ChatGPT. Hm. People who say "rather" like it's a weapon will shoot rather at me. Ten paces. Rather rather rather. I remember hearing these: Proplem = problem. Sheets = sh💩ts. Saintist = ...

Chess: Philidor Defence with Dubious Sacrifices

I played white (offence) — 3 minutes Super Blitz at Lichess as Anonymous. At 8th banter, I put my queen on b3 , forgot about the defence's c6 pawn placement. And I was... oh... well. 🤦 And yes, my opponent pushed the b7 pawn to b5 . 🤷 Alright. And... or but... 🤣 I checkmated the defence side. 💥 You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. Analysis Bishop gone rogue on c4 , but we closed the curtains in style. 🤔 François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) A Frenchman — and not just any Frenchman, but a composer, musician, and absolute chess legend of his time. Yes — composer first, checkmate artist second. While others were prancing about with powdered wigs and flirting at the opera, Philidor was composing symphonies and mating fools blindfolded. He made chess philosophical, musical, and deadly precise. A LEGEND.

Chess: King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit

I played white (offence) here — 3 minutes Super Blitz at Lichess as Anonymous. Indeed, it was wild . Muzio theatre begins. In this, my thought was, Oh, you're defending that f4 pawn of yours? Ah, understandable. Please do take my f3 knight. I'll take your trousers. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. Muzio Timeline goes as such: The actual line: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 was properly analysed by Giulio Cesare Polerio in the late 1500s. The first recorded game came from Geronimo Cascio , documented in Alessandro Salvio's Il Puttino (1634). Then, centuries later, along came Jacob Sarratt — an English chess writer in the early 1800s, translating Salvio's work. And what did he do? He accidentally attributed the opening to Mutio d'Allesandro ,...

Natrium and Sodium

Did you know Sodium = Natrium? 🤔 In periodic table of elements, Natrium is within Group 1 (Natrium = Group 1 alkali metal). Too from above snapshot, K (Kalium) is called Potassium — it's K , there is no letter K in the word "Potassium". 🫠 Let us dissect the inconsistency. Periodic Table Once upon a time, a Russian alchemist named Dmitri Mendeleev was born. He was born as a baby boy, not directly as an alchemist. He created the periodic table out of his brilliancy . Alchemy is taken from Arabic Al-Kīmiyā' (ٱلْكِيمْيَاء). Al- (ٱلْ), Arabic definite article, means the . Kīmiyā' (كيمياء), the root word, means transmutation or chemistry . Al-kīmiyā' = the art of transformation, or the chemistry. Alchemy is not chemistry. It's chemistry with a soul. A map of matter woven with meaning. Not just what it is, but what it means. Alchemy is symbolic, spiritual, and psychological a...

Infarct and Infract

They almost look alike, but both have different meanings and origins. Infarct This is a noun in English, infarct . It is usually used in medical context. But sometimes, it is used as a verb informally in clinical papers, e.g. "the tissue infarcted". This term entered English in around 19th century. Infract means a small localised area of dead tissue resulting from failure of blood supply. It is taken from Modern Latin infarctus = in + farctus. From Latin infarcīre ➡️ leads to infarctus. In = into. Farcīre = to stuff or to cram. Infarcīre = to stuff into or with. Farctus is past participle of farcīre. It means stuffed , crammed , or filled . Therefore, infarctus means stuffed into , crammed into , or filled with . Infarction This is the predecessor of infarct, also a noun . It means obstruction of the blood supply to an organ or region of tissue, causing local death of the tissue. It is th...
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