But the people paying for these kind of alpha boot camps aren't ever going to be in that position. They'll just put on blinders and "hustle" like a good little worker.
To be fair, though, if you were in a game of chess where you could make 10 moves for every one move your opponent makes, it would be really easy to win that game of chess.
But he's correct. If you're rich enough you can bribe all the seconds, then you can make extra moves and irregular moves. Heck, you can just have all the seconds declare you victor.
For extra points, hire guys with guns to make sure everyone at the tournament agrees with your rules.
This is the state of modern neoliberal capitalism from the view of billionaire oligarchs and multi-national conglomerate corporations.
I don't want to ruin this meme, but he's saying a real thing in a confusing way. You have to think 10 moves ahead of your opponent and also the repercussions of each move at every step.
There is a wonderful cartoon book by Tom Weller called "Minims". A minim is the opposite of a maxim. So the book is full of illustrations of wisdom like "The early worm gets eaten by the bird." and "You'll catch more flies with honey than you'd care to." The book's subtitle is "Man is the only animal that wears bow ties."
(Although, I have to admit, my husky sometimes wears bow ties and he looks a lot better in them than I do.)
No, he said a real thing in a completely factually wrong way, and that's assuming that this "entrepeneur" actually understood it correctly, which I doubt.
I mean, that's kind of the point - someone else wiser said the real thing, then Mr smarty-pants heard it, didn't understand it, but thought it sounded cool so began repeating what he thought he heard to people who also don't know any better, but like the way he says it so they give him their money to play with. Business/capitalism in a nutshell.
I gave up on playing chess. The game has become such a metaphor, such a fetish symbol for intellect, so every dude "knows how to play", but won't risk the humiliation of loss, and therefore won't play. I don't enjoy online chess, so I just don't get to play.
I "know" how to play chess but when I try to play against a computer I constantly get reminded I can't move my piece there because I would be putting myself in check.
Pretty sure I've only won 2 chess games in my life.
..... Against someone at my level.
Chess isn't actually a logic game or a smarts game, it's a memory game. If you're a computer or one of those 15-people-per-generation chess brains, then yeah, you probably can logic your way into thinking enough moves ahead. If not, your only option is to remember a bunch of different plays and learn how to recognise and execute the preditermined strategies. If you try to do it your way, you will be stuck losing to a bad computer or chess club kids online
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Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 177 pts · 58d
No no, this makes sense, you literally need to cheat.
nullspace@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 58d
It works for the crooks in charge.
But the people paying for these kind of alpha boot camps aren't ever going to be in that position. They'll just put on blinders and "hustle" like a good little worker.
dumples@piefed.social · 145 pts · 58d
sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 90 pts · 58d
cmoney@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 58d
So what that brick do?
sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 62 pts · 58d
The FIDE regulations dictate that a player who declines en passant must drop a brick on their pipi. A brick is kept nearby for such eventualities
::: spoiler Spoiler https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/mzrx2o/my_workout_punishments_for_chess_blunders/ :::
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 23 pts · 58d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 58d
new response dropped
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 58d
I don’t see any anal beads in that drawing though.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 58d
Pull harder
cmoney@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 58d
I figured it was something like that.
Malfeasant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 58d
I thought the one guy had shit a brick...
Avicenna@programming.dev · 1 pts · 57d
I mean I am not a chess enthusiast but I knew chest since I was a kid and learning of en passant just now, wow.
Hupf@feddit.org · 5 pts · 57d
https://xkcd.com/1287/
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 58d
We hit that bullseye and the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards.
Checkmate.
Phantaloons@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 58d
your buddy vapes over the game board
"I activate fog of war"
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 52 pts · 58d
But that is how CEO assholes work (or try to until they can't get away with it)
Source: worked with nearly a dozen CEOs of various size companies
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 44 pts · 58d
To be fair, though, if you were in a game of chess where you could make 10 moves for every one move your opponent makes, it would be really easy to win that game of chess.
Pringles@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 58d
The Scholar’s mate school of business.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 58d
Chess with flash windows.
I feel so fucking dirty for saying those words. Good god.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 58d
But he's correct. If you're rich enough you can bribe all the seconds, then you can make extra moves and irregular moves. Heck, you can just have all the seconds declare you victor.
For extra points, hire guys with guns to make sure everyone at the tournament agrees with your rules.
This is the state of modern neoliberal capitalism from the view of billionaire oligarchs and multi-national conglomerate corporations.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 58d
I don't want to ruin this meme, but he's saying a real thing in a confusing way. You have to think 10 moves ahead of your opponent and also the repercussions of each move at every step.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 47 pts · 58d
Zero points for saying it wrong, though.
“You miss every shot you take”
“The only thing we do not fear is fear itself”
“Interrupt your opponent when he is making a mistake”
uberfreeza@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 58d
"If fighting is sure to result in defeat then you must fight"
Curious_Canid@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 58d
There is a wonderful cartoon book by Tom Weller called "Minims". A minim is the opposite of a maxim. So the book is full of illustrations of wisdom like "The early worm gets eaten by the bird." and "You'll catch more flies with honey than you'd care to." The book's subtitle is "Man is the only animal that wears bow ties."
(Although, I have to admit, my husky sometimes wears bow ties and he looks a lot better in them than I do.)
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 58d
Cats in bow ties also look great.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 27 pts · 58d
No, he said a real thing in a completely factually wrong way, and that's assuming that this "entrepeneur" actually understood it correctly, which I doubt.
Malfeasant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 58d
I mean, that's kind of the point - someone else wiser said the real thing, then Mr smarty-pants heard it, didn't understand it, but thought it sounded cool so began repeating what he thought he heard to people who also don't know any better, but like the way he says it so they give him their money to play with. Business/capitalism in a nutshell.
terranoid@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 58d
Shouldve said business is like starcraft then
_chris@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 58d
Alpha in the software sense: pre-release, lots of bugs, definitely not ready for production, sale, or wide public viewing.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 58d
And increasingly: Mostly composed of an assortment of self-reinforced hallucinations.
uberfreeza@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 58d
Alpha male when full release male walks in: 😧
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 58d
So we can ship it tomorrow? Great I just told the investors, so we're now leagly obligated to ship it tomorrow.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 58d
I hear you can cheat at chess by sticking a vibrator in your ass.
Maybe that's what the rich CEOs are doing to win
Cheems@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 58d
I keep trying but it doesn't seem to make me rich
Hupf@feddit.org · 3 pts · 57d
Maybe you already are without realizing it yet 💖
yesman@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 58d
I gave up on playing chess. The game has become such a metaphor, such a fetish symbol for intellect, so every dude "knows how to play", but won't risk the humiliation of loss, and therefore won't play. I don't enjoy online chess, so I just don't get to play.
village604@adultswim.fan · 12 pts · 58d
Give shot chess a try. Each piece is a small shot glass.
I had loads of fun destroying my friends since I was in the chess club in grade school. And they had fun because alcohol.
Or find a park that has chess boards.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 58d
It's called tempo, you sub-1800ers /s
Ironrod@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 58d
Aww man, I just got up to 1350 😢
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 58d
wait ELOs aren't like golf?
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
uuuuuuuuuuuck
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 58d
ELO measures the year you could go back to and match someone who is actually pretty good at chess for their time.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 58d
my elo is in BCE and I'm feeling good all of a sudden
racoon@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 58d
Well instead of "make" it should be "think" and it would be fine, you fool
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 57d
Read between the lines: they're saying that they have to cheat to win.
daannii@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 58d
I "know" how to play chess but when I try to play against a computer I constantly get reminded I can't move my piece there because I would be putting myself in check.
Pretty sure I've only won 2 chess games in my life. ..... Against someone at my level.
underscores@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 58d
you didn't know about the French cum sock opener? you fool ! had you known you could have forked me into giving up one of my pieces !
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 58d
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 58d
Chess isn't actually a logic game or a smarts game, it's a memory game. If you're a computer or one of those 15-people-per-generation chess brains, then yeah, you probably can logic your way into thinking enough moves ahead. If not, your only option is to remember a bunch of different plays and learn how to recognise and execute the preditermined strategies. If you try to do it your way, you will be stuck losing to a bad computer or chess club kids online
Malfeasant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 58d
I beat my kids
at chess whenever we play.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 57d
If you told me this before, I would be winning every game of chess I played
neatchee@piefed.social · 8 pts · 58d
Business is like Start Craft 2, you gotta raise your APM if you want to beat the Korean pros
TotallyWorthLife@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 57d
If he said "do them in your head" it would have made more sense lol
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 58d
This explains SO much about their thinking.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 4 pts · 57d
is this from Trump's book?
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 57d
The art of the steal.
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 58d
After the first check you just eat their king
richardwallass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 57d
He doesn't tell how it works...