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Dave Wilton

06 Mar 2024 • 4 min read
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Moscow youth, 2013

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A desi man in a suit standing at a lectern in front of 10 Downing Street, London

desi

27 May 2026 Desi is an adjective that refers to things of South Asian origin, and in recent decades has also come into use as a noun referring to people of South Asian descent outside of the region. The word comes from the Hindi desi (deysi in Urdu), meaning local,
27 May 2026 4 min read
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chips / crisps / Saratoga potatoes (paid)

27 May 2026 6 min read
Screenshot of Capt. Kirk & Mr. Spock next to a 3-D chess board in the TV series Star Trek

x-dimensional chess

25 May 2026 Chess is considered by some to be the ultimate test of human intelligence, and multi-dimensional chess—three-, four-, five-, and even higher-dimensional versions—is a metaphor for even more complex tasks and strategies. Three-dimensional chess started out as an actual variant on the game, or rather variants,
25 May 2026 4 min read
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