So you want to start collecting jp-rules-esque special cases which are resolved by rulings based on how they would play out given infinite time?
No I’m not collecting any special cases. I’m just asking a “simple” question 
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huh. I guess I don’t understand how this is meant to be played, then
Are there three points on a Goban that form an equilateral triangle?
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my gut says no, and it feels like the sort of thing a relatively simple proof should exist for, but I can’t think of one
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that is equilateral triangle in Taxicab(Manhattan) geometry
Go is not really Euclidean space anyway.
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If there exists an equilateral triangle formed by three points of an infinite grid of rectangles a × b, then a/b is a rational multiple of √3
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I don’t get why that follows, but I get that if it does, it completes a proof by contradiction that no equilateral triangle exists on an infinite goban with rectangular grid
A few more details. Let ABC be a direct equilateral triangle. Put the origin at A. Let (xa,yb) and (x’a,y’b) be the coordinates of B and C (x, x’, y and y’ being integers). The point C is obtained from B by a rotation of center A and angle 60°, so
x’a = (xa-(√3)yb)/2
y’b = ((√3)xa+yb)/2.
It follows that (x-2x’)a=(√3)yb so a/b=(√3)y/(x-2x’).
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Let’s open the window, it’s getting a bit hot here.
That said, if the standard size of a goban is 22×23.7 then this triangle is almost equilateral
since 8/5×23.7/22 ≃ 1.7236
and √3 ≃ 1.732, the relative error is 0.5% and cannot be distinguished with the naked eye.
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How to avoid fuzzy stone images?
When doing post-game analysis, sometimes the stones suddenly go fuzzy. That is, they are black or white dots surrounded by a corespondingly colored blur.
For an old go player, with old eyes, this renders the board effectively unusable. I cannot see the stone clearly enough, and it essentially ends my use of the analysis feature.
How do I avoid/undo this?
I sometimes encounter the same bug. Changing browser may help.
“Do the first (black), second (white) and third moves of a game have a title/name?” Google Translator.
A primeira(preta), segunda(branca) e terceira jogada de uma partida têm algum título/nome?
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If I’m not mistaken, in Japanese the first and second moves would be called sente and gote respectively, the same terms that are used to describe initiative.
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Thank you.
Why does go have such a strong overlap with developers and seemingly almost no overlap with designers?
It’s a poorly designed game 
Who thinks it’s practical to need or require 180 of each piece to play a game on a 19x19 grid of lines on a wooden board 
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The sad thing is, some people unironically think this, that any game which needs to be so big to be good is a bad game, while ignoring that 9x9 Go is a much better game than most is not all they like, and many games they like would likely be better on a larger board
Do people say that, though? I never heard such argument.
The only context in which it makes sense is in Go (at least 19x19) being much less convenient to play on mobile than, e.g., Chess.
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