Didn’t say “bluffing”. A poker face is just remaining expressionless to not betray your emotion. Useful for a "bluff" in poker, a "feint" in chess, or when your wife asks you what you were "researching" in your browser history, among many others.

Not as much as poker but sure. If you start to see your opponent getting giddy, you might be making some moves that they’re planning to take advantage of. Slow down and think about what they will do so you can counteract these changes.

If Niemann started showing emotion like he was going to take advantage of Carlsen’s…

He was 14 and 16. There needs to be some sort of leniency there.

I do not find “he was playing too well, he must be cheating” as particularly convincing.

So? It’s called a poker face. Mastered by a range of professionals from the KGB to Lady Gaga. “My opponent didn’t look stressed enough!” is not evidence of anything.

This article ignores how Carlson’s actions will impact Niemann’s career. He has gone right up to the border of slander as possible without providing proof, and threw down the gauntlet that he will not play with Niemann ever again. The effect is that tournament organizers need to choose between inviting Carlsen or…

[Carlsen] came away feeling that his opponent wasn’t tense or focused enough at critical points

Play that ish in a SCIF, and I will be rooting for Niemann.  This Carlsen dude needs to come with hard evidence or STFU.

Carlsen needs to put up or shut up. Was the other guy cheating? Maybe, maybe not. But either STFU or make a formal charge and demand a proper investigation and/or take-up Niemann’s offer of a rematch while Niemann is naked lol. They can also try an in-person rematch inside a Faraday cage (nobody needs to be naked…

I’m starting to think that the dude just kicked his ass, and Carlson can’t handle it.

Yeah, fuck Carlsen at this point. You are accusing someone of cheating in matches against you, which is a pretty major accusation in any sport or event. I agree that Niemann’s past behavior does give an opening for this kind of claim. But once you make the claim, either put up or shut up on the evidence.

“Strange moves” that could constitute cheating or could be the reason he beat the other guy. At the end of the day, Carlsen is a d-bag, even if Niemann turns out to be a cheater.

whoever enrolls their kids into Kanye’s school should probably get investigated somehow.

Is anyone really surprised that Kanye hates receiving information, and only likes to dispense it?

Nope. Here’s the thing with reading, you self-educate. When a book I’m reading references anything (word, historical person or place, etc) it makes me look up/explore that reference.

I don’t think it was really necessary for Kanye to tell everyone he hates reading. It was kind of a give-in from the start.

Idiocracy is manifest. Officially. Millions of impressionable and ignorant children read/heard that little bit of Ye “wisdom” and will act accordingly. The famous guy they admire and listen to just made the world even worse than the damage he’s already done in smaller doses (especially with hus music). And the…

Minor nitpick - cigarettes and vapes are not drugs. They are drug delivery systems.

I have five cameras around my house, but they aren’t Ring cameras. Ring sucks. Did you miss the part about them sending video to police without the owner’s consent or knowledge? Fuck that. I control my video footage, not Amazon.

That’s cool, you’d probably be better off with a real home security system, but you do you. Trouble comes when Amazon starts sending footage to the cops from people who just wanted, you know, a doorbell camera.