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[–] LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social 17 points 3 days ago

Humanity had a good run. Until the evolution of rocketspiders.

2025-08-08 in c/thefarside@sh.itjust.works

[–] LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social 11 points 2 weeks ago

All gifts are accepted by Aranaktu

TIL the queen was once the weakest piece in chess until the 15th century, when her powers expanded during a time of rising female monarchs in Europe — changing the game’s pace forever. in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To my undestanding chess is based on the Arabic game Shatranj, based on the Indian game Chaturanga, and in both games the piece next to the king is the "general" or "minister" which moves one space diagonally.

https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/shatranj.html

https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/chaturanga.html

I think we've all been there. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

If you think about it, and I suggest you don’t, this is a Markov model for all people regardless

What else are they hiding from us? in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social 23 points 4 months ago

Come on, this has been a thing for the last 19+12i years