Spanish is incredibly easy to pronounce though? There are only a couple things different than English and none of those differences are relevant for Rocinante. It’s also consistent in pronunciation, unlike English.

It’s not a technicality. We’re discussing whether chess is a “solved game” or not.

That’s a much different standard than whether Stockfish can reliably beat Magnus Carlsen. Of course the engines are better than humans. They have been for a long time at this point.

Chess is not a solved game. If there was a bot that could provably always draw, that would mean it’s solved (as a draw). To be clear, I’m not saying that the bot would just have a perfect drawing record - I’m saying that it literally could never lose, even when playing against the absolute best possible moves.

And N should be Not (Knot) or Nome (Gnome)

No there is no algorithm that can guarantee a draw.

Same in the US. It’s called a homestead exemption

Says Lake America for me. Depends where you are accessing Google

Get a leash! You want another gorilla to get shot?

I have never viewed it as a truck stop. It’s just an inconveniently oversized and busy gas station with very nice bathrooms.

It’s a great place to stop if you need to be assured a clean toilet. It’s crazy overhyped as a destination in and of itself though. And a ton of the stuff there is overpriced.

Wtf are you talking about

Yes… Americans are to blame for the BBC show…

I agree and I’m not the biggest fan, but it does get much better if you can get through the first half of book 1.

If the problem is a lack of suitable alternatives, that’s not the user’s fault. Google even snapped up Waze.

They need to use something. You suggesting they should just go make their own Google Maps?