@SusanPolgar An immediate Nxf8 Rxe8 Rxe8 is at best a draw - black has Qc1+ Kh2 Qf4+ with draw by repetition (if g3 than Qxf2+ perpetual check). But after f4 this is longer available. If Rxe8 Rxe8 then mate can only be stopped by giving up the Q. And after Qh4 *now* Nxf8...
@insights198@nonotyty45@razibkhan@AlexTISYoung Appearance is hopelessly biased. Your eye for detecting differences is very heavily influenced by your experience. People used to be unable to tell me and my brothers apart, but I thought we were completely different.
@asher_axel99@JennyAThatcher Why say "non-medical"? Do you think it would be less questionable if she was a medic? In fact, most medics have neither PhD nor MD, and their use of the word "doctor" refers to their occupation, not their qualifications.
@sebatlab@cremieuxrecueil@DaleYuzuki Most common diseases are a heterogeneous collection of different overlapping aetiologies, which are sufficiently similar that they can be treated in a common way, with varying degrees of success. It is not surprising that monogenic disorders can mimic these common groupings.
My children are not on the autism spectrum because I took Tylenol while pregnant. Theyโre on the autism spectrum because I, a person who will wear only one type of shoe and canโt eat food that is โtoo potato-y,โ had babies with a man who has an encyclopedic knowledge of European aristocracy but a limited ability to process social cues.
@DominicFrisby How do you think your post would have sounded in 1942? -
"My knowledge of European politics is one step up from sweet FA. I have not followed it closely. Initially, I understood Hitler was the aggressor...
Surely a deal, however it is reached, is better than no deal?"
With the US and Russia starting talks on how to carve up Ukraine between them, at what point should we start talking about the Trump-Putin axis of evil?
Or would saying that be against the US version of free speech?