I've had two kids now in youth chess and this article smacks of the "wrong direction" I think the youth chess movement is headed.

The trends I saw included:
#1) More PAID chess instructors. Er...for what? The best instruction...and players...are already online, with fully developed laddering, ranking, tutorials, etc.
#2) More REMOTE tournaments. What is this...hockey now? This is a huge barrier to families (e.g., smart immigrants, kids with divorced parents) who can't afford to truck the two hours in each direction - and overnight (i.e., requiring a hotel) meets are on the horizon.
#3) Life AFTER chess is discouraged. In my "gifted" experience, you learned chess in first or second grade, and could take down just about anyone in middle school, but then you moved on from games into programming, higher math, or something else with a lot of other people who outgrew chess as a daily or even weekly activity. However, "outgrowing chess" is no longer OK with this crowd...instead you're expected to keep playing until you ladder up or burn out - yikes.

...this is SOP when it comes to voter registration.

...when the opponent puts it in your country's net seven times?

>> Comanche program was cancelled after only $7B was spent

$7B in 1990 is like $100B in 2015

>> Why do I think this program will end up with a tiny, tiny fraction of ($100B)

'cause you're not an American taxpayer, perhaps? I think I'll bet the opposite: "unforeseen" cost overruns will balloon this into a $300B project with only about 500 helicopters to show for it.

Stack Overflow reputation indicates that you're a 1337 documentation writer, not necessarily that you know how to program.

...please insert another $1M to continue this contract.

>> Submarines have been doing just fine for years

Ever seen one dock?

>> looking at your plane

I'm sure the TSA already has plans to shut that down too.

We should just be happy that they're still considering leaving pilots in the planes at this point - the future might just be flying as cargo in really big (windowless) UAVs.

>> Maybe. It depends on how early you like to adopt. That's about it. But that's pretty powerful.

Your writing style. Is the suck.

what does a canned fruit guy know about the future?

I have a feeling if the story was about the current House of Representatives slashing ITER funding, we'd see a screed about "anti-science Republicans." However, since the Senate is led by Democrats...

I dumped all other music providers about a year ago and now use Songza, particularly since it's mostly ad-free (and easy to download the streams). However, I've noticed that Songza's suggestions also seem to be location-based: when I'm at home in the sticks, I see a lot of country music suggestions, but when I'm in my office in the city, I mostly see rap and R&B suggestions.

>> healthcare design industry

What do you design? Interiors? Landscaping? Workspaces? Networks? Something else?

Once we're all paying "by the byte" for metered service, that is.