The point he was under 18 is one unique to @HansMokeNiemann. Tigran L Petrosian was in his 30s when accused of cheating, Borislav Ivanov was in his mid-20s during his alleged cheating, and Igors Rausis was in his late 50s when caught. @HansMokeNiemann Since some people say it has only been a couple of years, being under 18 is very different legally. In California, @HansMokeNiemann’s birth state, there is a huge legal difference between being caught in bed with a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old; one can not give consent when 17.

@GMNigelDavies As just one example, they think it’s suspicious that he became a grandmaster at 17 (page 15), but keep in mind that, as one example, the legendary Blackburne didn’t learn to even how to play chess until he was 17: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_He… @GMNigelDavies More recently, @vishy64theking did not become a grandmaster until he was 18: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanath…

@SusanPolgar @mostlykjeldsen @FIDE_chess @ECUonline @chessdom @chess24com @HansMokeNiemann Having had people I know fall down conspiracy theory ridden rabbit holes, I think it’s important to give push back when people start sharing very dubious information online. The Niemann allegations started with claiming Qg3 can’t possibly be a move a human can see here: @SusanPolgar @mostlykjeldsen @FIDE_chess @ECUonline @chessdom @chess24com @HansMokeNiemann Once that was debunked, then it was that Hans rose in ratings quickly. Once that was debunked, so next the DGT theory. That’s getting debunked, so now we have new claims of questionable computer-like moves in 2-year-old games. Point being, is this really a quest for truth? 2/3

I’m starting to see conspiracy theories about @HansMokeNiemann fester on Reddit and Youtube, so I will address what I have seen so far. A thread. @HansMokeNiemann A Lance Armstrong comparison isn’t valid. Even back in 2004, there was a French book, L.A. Confidentiel, which presented strong circumstantial evidence of Armstrong’s doping. There have been no suspicions of Niemann cheating over the board until Magnus left the #SinquefieldCup 1/

Watch the Olympiad in real time: (Leko) There are other streams 1/ (Seirawan) 2/

@SamGreszes @nytopinion Specific examples: reason.com/2020/06/18/was… (Continued) @SamGreszes @nytopinion Example 2: nytimes.com/2015/02/15/mag… (Paywall warning) Continued

After nearly six years, Slackware 15.0 is released. I remember learning the basics of Linux with Slackware, and it still holds a special place in my heart. slackware.com/announce/15.0.… I played around with installing it. A full install is about 15 gigs in size. Installing all of the base (“A”) and Network (“N”) packages is about 2.7 gigs, and selecting packages by hand only got me down to 1.8 gigs or so.

That’s quite big with $20/year 10Gb space VPS accounts.

@olivertraldi I’m mixed on West Elm Caleb.

I do not approve of guys using false romantic pretenses to get some wham-bam-thank-you-maam from women—to be honest, I personally will not have sex outside of a lifetime monogamous commitment—but to shame him for this is a form of slut shaming. @olivertraldi To say it’s OK for a woman to be promiscuous but it’s not OK for this West Elm Caleb guy to be promiscuous is straight up a form of sexism.

But, then again, promiscuous sex is a type of idolatry in my personal code of moral standards.

Sean O'Keefe “hasn't seen anything that convinces him that Webb was directly involved in demanding a purge of gay government officials or carrying it out”

Never mind that it was a different time—there simply is no direct evidence showing Webb ever did or say anything homophobic.

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1443607812416942089

Keep in mind NASA had well over 200,000 employees in 1963 when the Clifford Norton firing happened. Too many for Webb to know about it.

When Google had only 5,000 employees in 2005, to compare, it was a really big deal that the president still signed off for every hire.

I’m 100% with flag burning being constitutionally protected free speech. The issue here is one of property vandalism.

Painting racist messages on my own property is protected free speech. Painting racist messages at a Black church is illegal vandalism. Ditto with flag burning.

https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1429916447581474833

Obviously, there would be consequences (loss of job, having Google searches linking my name to those actions) and a lot of legal free speech decrying my actions for painting such messages on my own property, but it would not be a criminal act the state could act on.

I’m very emotionally split on #Onlyfans banning pornographic content. As a man of faith, I do not partake in porn. As someone who grew up when free love was still a thing, it comes off as censorship.

I also don’t like a revenue stream for Latinas who need money being cut off. I don’t like porn—it objectifies women.

I don’t like OnlyFans—it’s lonely men paying good money for pretend sexual “friendships” with beautiful women; porn is widely available for free—the hook is the fake connection.

Men should learn to seek real relationships with real women.

We know the vaccines out there reduce the spread of Delta COVID-19. They do not eliminate spread; they reduce it. We know this because of simple math. /1 If the vaccine did not stop COVID spread at all, we would expect the number of new cases to be directly proportional to the number of unvaccinated people. That’s *not* what we’re seeing. I will give just two datapoints. /2

@valhallapresets VVV presets can be handled by having the EQ parameters in a separate tweet. Here’s a nice tight snare preset (adjust size if it sounds metallic with a given snare) in the next two tweets. @valhallapresets <ValhallaVintageVerb pluginVersion="2.0.2" presetName="TightSnare" Mix="1" PreDelay="0" Decay="0.234" Size="0.296" Attack="0" EarlyDiffusion="1" LateDiffusion="1" ModRate="0.276" ModDepth="0.368" ColorMode="0.333" ReverbMode="0.5"/>

@JonnSerrie @Alesis Excellent choice. Still reasonably priced (for a vintage analog poly), and one of the few non-Dave Smith big analog polys (8+ voices, 2+ VCOs per voice) around.
The only new non-Dave Smith options are the Korg Prologue and the Moog One ($$$). The DM12 doesn’t count: 1 DCO/voice. @JonnSerrie @Alesis The Modal 008 and Futuresonus Parva are unobtainium. Behringer promises an OB-Xa and a Poly-600 clone, but nothing except the thin-sounding DM12 is available today. I presently use a Behringer 2600 mono for analog, Roland JD-Xi (same engine as Jupiter 80) w/ reverb for poly.