It is noble, but I disagree about ads. Maybe there are products that chess players would be genuinely interested in that a company would be willing to pay to have advertised. It can be completely customized to be tasteful and unobtrusive, and users may even be thankful for it. On Wikipedia I’d way rather have tasteful ads than the half screen request for donations.
Just a PSA. I thought I had tinnitus a while back because that’s the first search engine hit on “ringing in ears”, but it turns out it was just ear wax touching my eardrum. If it happens to anyone else, it may be easy to fix.
I would rather it focused on the sources, so if the main source is drinking water, is it not being filtered out? What is the distribution around the whole US?
I prefer making all my sites work just as well without JavaScript as with it. This is cool though if you need a quick check to see if JavaScript is enabled.
Some really incredible games from Leela. Beat Stockfish with white AND black pieces in the French defense. She usually won by strategic material sacrifices making the games a real treat to watch.
I personally use RSS on my website as a way to automatically publish to various social media sites. It works great, and I don’t know what I would replace it with.
Sounds like the guy was bragging about his SQL skills to avoid locking the database but ended up locking the database anyway (thus, people running around)
The article says they were marked for aiding the migrants. Obviously we don't know the details of what they were doing, but it doesn't sound like just journalism.
Crossing the border illegally is a crime and there has been violence on top of that. I don't see a problem with investigating and tracking those who are aiding and abetting.
FIRE doesn't have to be miserable. Read Mr. Money Mustache and see how saving can be fun, fulfilling, and even luxurious. Spending >90% of your paycheck is a good way to have to work a long time with not much to show for it.