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Sparring with Stockfish Level 6: Sicilian Defence: Dragon Variation

Hi. 😃 I played offence here in a 3 minutes blitz game against Stockfish chess engine — on Lichess. For our information, the Level 6 isn't a tutorial bot — it's a calibrated menace. I did 3-4 games prior this. Level 6 tends to play human‑like at times, and this was that one of those times. It did 2 "under pressure" moves, at 24th and 31st banters. I took the 31st. When its horse swung to c5 . I had.... a battering ram in position. And the horse... (Horse. ♞) Let me just... vacate the e6 square. Yes, that should frighten the enemy's queen. Neigh me, neigh! 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. Horse = knight. But because the piece doesn't resemble a knight to begin with, it's a horse. A well-behaved horse, I presume. Here. ⬇️ ♞ (Horse. ♞) Oh hello, good sir. Might I interest you in some fine hay? It has colourful ...

String Split That Does Not Butcher Emojis Using Intl.Segmenter Precision Boxing

Hi, everyone. Let's meet Intl.Segmenter . Hello! ( Intl.Segmenter ) G'day, mate. Say, what does Intl mean? ( Intl.Segmenter ) Inter-nasho, mate. Fascinating. But it has "l". ( Intl.Segmenter ) You bet, I fascinate... the area. Shorten it or bin it. You know mate, I've been here since April 2024. I'm the Ecky Nasho Thingo. (Sips coconut water.) Ecky... Nasho Thingo. What is that? ( Intl.Segmenter ) Ecky, E-C-M-A. Nasho, Inter-nasho. Thingo is a thing. Yeah nah. (Another sips of coconut water.) What a... bit. And my word, you're quite the modern feature! So... what exactly are you for? ( Intl.Segmenter ) I chop text like a beaut, mate. Whether... it's splitting by what folks see as a single character — like an emoji or accent, whole words even when there's no space... (Leaning forward.) Lookin' at you, Th...

Or Else

The English "or else", the linguistic equivalent of raising one brow menacingly while slowly unsheathing a sabre. Right? Or else... (One eyebrow raised. Imaginary sabre unsheathed. *Schling! ) Origin "Or else" is a truncation, as you suspected. The straightforward, simply with "or": [Imperative command] + "or" + [consequence] Example: Do your homework, or it will still be blank by tomorrow. The one with the theatrically redundant "else": [Imperative command] + "or else" + [consequence] Example: Do your homework, or else it will still be blank by tomorrow. ⬆️ "Redundant", not because it's grammatically wrong, but because "or" already carries the conditional logic. "Else" steps in, Mm. Quite. I'm here. For dramatic tension, darling. And then, because we're... lazy (or efficient), yet still bloody theatrical, thus: [Imperative command] + "or el...

Chess: Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit (Aikido Vibe)

Onegaishimasu. 🙂‍↕️ Hi. 👋 I played the offence side of the pieces. My opponent, the defence, was quite aggressive – thought one was the offence. Thus I surmised, Mm. Yes, yes. ⬅️ Quite a delay, that. 🤔 Then, I shall employ that lad's energy. Perfect. Now I'll just gently redirect your queen over there… set your horse loose from the barn… Ah. And... the bishop on g6 was the peak of the nage-waza. Come now, you've forgotten your king. Let me help you lie down. 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. Nage-waza (投げ技) means throwing technique — a broad term used across Japanese martial arts to describe techniques that off-balance and project the opponent, regardless of whether it's done with redirection, disruption, or sheer force. In judo, jujutsu, or karate, we throw. In aikido, we guide the opponents so they throw themselves....

Muse

The English word muse . As also being used in these words: A muse (verb) A muse ment (noun) Muse -um = museum (noun) Muse -ic = music (noun) 🤔 and others. First Muse, the Noun It stems from Greek ΜΟΥΣΑ ( m u- o micron- u psilon- s igma- a lpha: Mousa ) — singular, each of the nine goddesses. As a group, they're the Mousai ( m u- o micron- u psilon- s igma- a lpha- i ota: ΜΟΥΣΑI). They're the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the knowledge and creativity. (Other gods and goddesses roll their shape-shifting eyes.) Hermes : Why this confoundedly redundant assignment, O Sovereign Thunderer of Olympus? Zeus : (Turns his head to Hermes.) Come again? 📢⚡⚡ (10 billion dBA. Lightning bolts all over the place.) ...

Happy 2026

(Horse screech sound.) 2026 Chinese Zodiac The Chinese zodiac for 2026 marks the Year of the Horse — specifically, the Yang Fire Horse . This year is governed by the Yang Fire element. But only after 17th February 2026. Overview The Horse holds the seventh position in the Chinese zodiac's 12‑year cycle, situated between the Snake and the Goat. Each sign repeats every 12 years, though the elemental pairing (like Fire Horse) only recurs every 60 years, making it quite distinct. The Horse is associated with energy, ambition, motion, and boldness. Fire Horse years in particular are historically known for intensity and dramatic shifts — both good and ill . Yang Energy In Chinese philosophy, Yang represents the bright, active, assertive side of the Taijitu symbol. It is the outward‑moving force — associated with light, heat, activity, and expression — contrasting the more reflective Yin. A Yang Fire year is marked by action , courage , and fierce momentum . It encourag...

Blogger Template Error Message: "XML document structures must start and end within the same entity."

📢 Error Message The error message on Blogger ( HTML editor) looks like this: 😵‍💫 Why? Because I accidentally deleted the closing CDATA section in a script . It was supposed to be like so: <script> // <![CDATA[ /* JavaScript lines here */ // ]]> </script> And I — with my sleight of mouse-hand, selected one line too many — deleted the closing tag: <script> // <![CDATA[ /* JavaScript lines here */ </script> Then saved the template. 😂 XML was like, (XML.) Oi! Aye? What? (XML.) Must start and end within the same entity! 👀 Which one? (XML.) Read. 🧐 My script is fine, ya muppet! Save it. S. A. V. E. (XML.) Read. 🤦‍♂️ I did! Why is your message vague? Are you a muppetlord ? (XML.) 🤷 R. E. A... Fine. 💡 Solution I was baffled by that because my script had everything escaped, the forbidden entities. I bloody checked the JavaScript code and nothing was suspicious. And then....

JavaScript: Browser-based Audio Analysis Using AnalyserNode

Greetings. 🎩 I will demonstrate the implementation of AnalyserNode to reveal (compute) the peaks and such from an audio source. This will only output the numbers rather than an elaborate animation. In this, we can choose whether to use a sample audio (hosted on a cloud storage) or a local audio file. Highlights of the flow: // 1. Create audio element audioElement = document.createElement("audio") // Make sure we convert the source to a proper Blob first, // not URL/path string like https://www.host... or local E:\path\to\file\... // Details in the code below the demonstration. audioElement.src = [Blob] // Then append the audio element to DOM // *** // 2. Setup AnalyserNode (use global variables to keep these) // Create audio context audioContext = new AudioContext() // Define the default FFT size fftDefault = 2048 // Create analyser analyser = new AnalyserNode( audioContext, { fftSize: fftDefault } ) // Create source node from the "audioElement" ab...
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