# homework (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover homework. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Grandmaster I Never Became](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/the-grandmaster-i-never-became) _2026-08-21 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ Book Review ## [Project 1900 Update - August 2026](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/project-1900-update-august-2026) _2026-08-20 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ I haven’t posted much lately about this specific training approach, but I am still hard at work. ## [Wednesday Warrior Roundup Week of 8/19](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/wednesday-warrior-roundup-week-of-26b) _2026-08-19 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ To see how tactics fit into my overall training plan, please read it here. ## [You've Guessed the Moves - Now What?](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/youve-guessed-the-moves-now-what) _2026-08-18 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ One training tool that I have heard numerous coaches recommend is playing Guess the Move with GM games. ## [Homework Roundup Week of 8/16](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/homework-roundup-week-of-816) _2026-08-16 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ In case you missed it, I created a new tactics training website. ## [The World of Alternate Paths](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/the-world-of-alternate-paths) _2026-08-15 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ Dave said six\*, but you can be flexible. ## [Wednesday (Kinda) Warrior Roundup Week of 8/12](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/wednesday-kinda-warrior-roundup-week) _2026-08-14 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ (But really 8/14) ## [Homework Roundup Week of 8/09 (Except really 8/10)](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/homework-roundup-week-of-809-except) _2026-08-10 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ There were days between\* ## [One Heck of a Queen Sac](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/one-heck-of-a-queen-sac) _2026-08-08 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ So last night I was relaxing after a long day of working as a TD at the US Open. ## [Excellent Endgame Technique by The Boomer GM](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/excellent-endgame-technique-by-the) _2026-08-06 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ Score one for team Old Dudes ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DfZzI0tbXvZW) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [A Stupid Idea for AI Alignment We Came up with by Looking at the List of Specification Gaming Behaviours](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/08/05/a-stupid-idea-for-ai-alignment-we-came-up-with-by-looking-at-the-list-of-specification-gaming-behaviours/) _2026-08-05 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ Creatures bred for speed grow really tall and generate high velocities by falling over. An evolved player makes invalid moves far away in the board, causing opponent players to run out of memory and crash. A game-playing agent accrues points by falsely inserting its name as the author of high-value items. These bizarre exploits and \[…\] [Listen](http://dzamqefpotdvf.cloudfront.net/p/images/2cb2425b-a4de-4aae-9766-c95a96b1f25c_PancakeToss.gif._gif_.mp4) ## [Wednesday Warrior Roundup Week of 8/05](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/wednesday-warrior-roundup-week-of-09a) _2026-08-05 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ To see how tactics fit into my overall training plan, please read it here. ## [Finding the Breakdown](https://ontheroadtochessmaster.substack.com/p/finding-the-breakdown) _2026-08-04 · Chris Wainscott · On the Road to Chess Master_ Something I like to do when I am playing through GM games in which one side won the game is to try to figure out where the breakdown occured. ## [Links for July 2026](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/07/31/links-for-july-2026/) _2026-07-31 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ “Blogs have shaped our philosophical worldviews, found us careers and friends, and changed our lives.” Write Carol and Austin Chen. “But many great bloggers have stopped blogging. … So we’re launching the Blog Revival Project, to crowdfund $1,000+ bounties for good bloggers.” We plug ADS who they already have on the list and would consider \[…\] ## [Homework for SMTM-6941: Lithium Problem Sets](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/07/21/homework-for-smtm-6941-lithium-problem-sets/) _2026-07-21 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ Reference Reading Background Information In clinical settings, lithium is usually prescribed as lithium carbonate, and doses are given in milligrams (mg) of the compound. But lithium carbonate is only 18.8% elemental lithium (the rest is carbonate), so the dose of elemental lithium is much lower than the face amount. For example, if you are prescribed \[…\] ## [You Can Discover the Drives](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/07/13/you-can-discover-the-drives/) _2026-07-13 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ Humanity has mapped the earth, so you can’t discover any new continents, mountains, oceans, or rivers. We’ve mapped the stars, and though we haven’t named every single asteroid, the major planets and comets are already taken. We’ve filled in the periodic table, so you can’t discover any new elements. No chance to name Nobelium or \[…\] ## [Links for June 2026](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/06/29/links-for-june-2026/) _2026-06-29 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ Vesuvius Challenge: An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time Prove You Are Worthy to Post About Diets: People make a lot of claims about digestion, nutrition, and diet on the internet. … It is helpful, then, to have a heuristic to tell the iconoclastic geniuses apart from the grifters and bullshitters. \[…\] ## [Links for May 2026](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/05/31/links-for-may-2026/) _2026-05-31 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ Para-academia is the future — Bold enough to use the word “sucks” in the first sentence. Why aliens will have a different tech stack than us “Potatoes and cottage cheese for dinner” diet Leaking Abandoned Well in West Texas (h/t A. Weis) Age of Invention: Why Scotland Succeeded ## [Links for April 2026](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/04/30/links-for-april-2026/) _2026-04-30 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ The big news in blogging this month is Inkhaven 2 (sponsored by WordPress dot com). The first Inkhaven happened back in November 2025, and this one is even more. Wow. This time, about 55 residents (it’s hard to count exactly since some staff members are also ~residents) published one blog post of at least 500 \[…\] ## [Links for March 2026](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/03/30/links-for-march-2026/) _2026-03-30 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ My journey to the microwave alternate timeline 14-year-old running for governor is the first teen to get on Vermont’s general election ballot I can’t stop yelling at Claude Code “Imagine being a typical person living in England from 1520 to 2020 (500 years) but experiencing time 100x slower than everyone else” “here is what i \[…\] ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pNPxGn9l0xWQ) _2026-03-30 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Effortscaffolding: a Guide](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/03/22/effortscaffolding-a-guide/) _2026-03-22 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ This April will see the return of Inkhaven, a blogging residency program where you have to write and publish at least 500 words a day, every day, for a whole month, or they feed you to the hounds kick you out. As bloggers who mostly write 10,000-plus-word effortposts, this format is both fascinating and alienating \[…\] ## [Week 50 (2) — How I Used AI to Catalog My Zoom Transcripts](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/week-50-2-how-i-used-ai-to-catalog) _2026-03-04 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ zoom-zoom ## [Week 50 — Pete’s AI Homework Needs You](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/week-50-petes-ai-homework-needs-you) _2026-03-04 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ Help shape the next chapter of Pete’s AI Homework ## [Links for February 2026](https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/02/28/links-for-february-2026/) _2026-03-01 · slimemoldtimemold · SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD_ Nicky Case: Vitamin D & Omega-3 may have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants. Along with the actual points being made about depression, this essay is a great introduction to effect sizes. A lot of population numbers are fake Cosimo Research: 💤 Does Mouth Taping Reduce Snoring? & 🫥 Does Mouth Taping Change Facial \[…\] ## [AI as Storyteller (New Pete's AI Homework)](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/ai-as-storyteller-new-petes-ai-homework) _2025-05-27 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ Write a 1,000 word story... ## [Day 20 - Some Light Reading](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/day-20-some-light-reading) _2025-04-16 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ The AI Homework Finale! (No Pop Quiz, I Promise) ## [Day 19 - Intro to Local LLMs](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/day-19-intro-to-local-llms) _2025-04-14 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ Overheard: "local" is when everyone knows your dog's name ## [Day 18 - Conversational Grammar / Spell Check](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/day-18-conversational-grammar-spell) _2025-04-12 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ Pretty easy one today. ## [Day 17 - Current Events](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/day-17-current-events) _2025-04-10 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ Tariffs Edition ## [Day 16 - Prompt Improvement](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/day-16-prompt-improvement) _2025-04-09 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ Transforming simple prompts into better prompts ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/W0qzHI9IgwH4) _2025-04-09 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Day 15 - AI Vision](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/day-15-ai-vision) _2025-04-08 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ “AI Vision” is what you call it when an AI can “see” something, like through a camera, or when you upload an image file. ## [Day 14 - Storyteller](https://petesaihomework.substack.com/p/day-14-storyteller) _2025-04-07 · Peter Kaminski · Pete's AI Homework_ Note: I’ve created a Discord discussion area for AI communities I steward: https://discord.gg/KuSEBM73nY. It’s free, don’t pay money to use it. Ignore “Nitro” ads. If you’re new to Discord, search YouTube for tutorials. Sorry if it’s not your discussion platform of choice! Discord has a number of great AI servers, though. If you’re into AI, getting into Discord will be good for discussion, and… ## [A new favorite song](https://jpmarindiaz.substack.com/p/a-new-favorite-song) _2024-10-20 · Jp Marin Diaz · Data, Science and Progress_ I got homework from my daughter's school.