In a video published yesterday on his youtube channel, Pewdiepie went onto fiverr.com and paid two Indian guys to write "death to all jews" on a sign and hold it up and dance a bit. Fiverr, if you didn't know, is a website where you can go and pay people five dollars (or more) to do, …
Uber Hikari Resurfaces
The legendary youtuber known as UberHikari has finally resurfaced after suddenly vanishing from youtube nearly two and a half years ago. It started last week when RanmyakuJouten (an old hand at anime/manga coverage on youtube) announced that Uber Hikari would be returning to youtube and would be participating in a livestream with a number of …
George R. R. Martin trashes Trump
George R. R. Martin, author of the widely beloved fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, weighed in on the presidential election this past Friday. In a post on his Livejournal, the 68-year-old author wrote about the deluge of political advertisements that have descended upon his home state of New Mexico as the final days of …
Chess tactics: skewers and trapped pieces
A few days ago we posted an article listing five steps to improve your chess, and in that article we promised to go into greater detail with regards to each step. Well, we keep our promises. Here we're going to dip our toes into step one by taking a look at some beginner-level chess tactics. …
Five more great chess websites
In an earlier post on this topic we listed five great online resources for chess players looking to improve at the game. While those websites are absolutely great, there are of course many others that serve chess fans casual and serious alike, for a wide variety of purposes. We promised a follow-up, and here it …
DeepDrumpf the Demented
Donald Trump really knows how to get his supporters riled up, and they come out in droves to see and hear him. Want to know what's better than that? A neural network that studies Trump transcripts and attempts to emulate him in tweet-form. Such an entity exists, and it's called @DeepDrumpf - and it had some …
Useful chess websites
There are a fair number of websites out there that aim to cater to those who are looking either to improve at chess, or simply to play it or spectate it. Below is a list of some sites that serve those purposes exceptionally well. http://www.chess.com This one's pretty obvious. You can go there and sign …