There are two types of people in this world. Accept that as a fact, and everything will be easier. Those who induce rage, and those who become enraged.
Guess which I am.
Yeah, you fuckin' got it. I get mad all the damn time. When I say that automobiles infuriate me, I'm not kidding. Seriously, I think about the carbons and the toxins and the people suffering all over the world because of our dependance on decayed organic matter as fuel. I think about the fact that this black sludge is the result of ALL LIFE before us on this planet.
No, really. Everything that came before. The floating mountains of bacteria that inhabited this planet, all the way to the fucking dinosaurs. Well, not really ALL life, but most of it. A good portion of it became this black sludge shit.
What are we doing? Burning it at such a rate that we're almost out. We've almost burned away the remains of everything that came before.
If you don't think this is wrong and unnecessary, if you honestly don't think there's any other way worth pursuing, then we have nothing further to discuss.
So fuck you. If nobody ever insisted that there was a better way of doing things, we'd still be letting "Priests" of "THE ONE TRUE GOD" fuck our small children.
Oh wait...
Sep 25, 2005
LINKS
New, Poker-only blog!
Click over neaw!
Two of my friends and myself are authoring it.
Also, in some non-poker news, a friend of mine has started a blog.
It should be mostly fiction, if I'm to believe what he tells me.
Click over neaw!
Two of my friends and myself are authoring it.
Also, in some non-poker news, a friend of mine has started a blog.
It should be mostly fiction, if I'm to believe what he tells me.
Sep 20, 2005
I love gambling
I just got done with an up and down session at the tables. There were some massive swings in chip totals, and mistakes were made.
That's right, mistakes were made.
Somewhere between my fingers and my brain, a communication breakdown occurred.
Honestly, at this time, that's all the information we have. Of course it has been reported through members of the liberal, jew-run media that proper precautions were not enacted to protect the chips.
These accusations are simply not true. There was nothing more that could be done to protect the chips. While there may have been mistakes, the chips themselves knew the risk of living in that region.
I mean, can't my chips afford the weather channel? My chips can't afford to drive their SUV's out of the destroyed area? I know gas is expensive, but fuck.
When the whirlwind of destruction comes careening toward you, get in your automobiles and drive, you stupid, stupid, black chips.
That's right, mistakes were made.
Somewhere between my fingers and my brain, a communication breakdown occurred.
Honestly, at this time, that's all the information we have. Of course it has been reported through members of the liberal, jew-run media that proper precautions were not enacted to protect the chips.
These accusations are simply not true. There was nothing more that could be done to protect the chips. While there may have been mistakes, the chips themselves knew the risk of living in that region.
I mean, can't my chips afford the weather channel? My chips can't afford to drive their SUV's out of the destroyed area? I know gas is expensive, but fuck.
When the whirlwind of destruction comes careening toward you, get in your automobiles and drive, you stupid, stupid, black chips.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
I JUST GOT A FREE FUCKING LAPTOP!
Oh wait... It was just a bullshit popup. My bad.
Is anyone else getting really sick of advertising in this country?
I swear, the next innovation is going to be a nano-machine earweevil that will burrow into your brain. See, it won't take control, because advertising is spearheaded by a bunch of morons, it'll just start broadcasting from inside your brain.
"Eat at Joe's.... Eat at Joe's."
You must remember that the main goal of advertising is to drive the more intelligent members of a species insane.
That's the definition of advertising, it's in the dictionary. Read it sometime.
Oh wait... It was just a bullshit popup. My bad.
Is anyone else getting really sick of advertising in this country?
I swear, the next innovation is going to be a nano-machine earweevil that will burrow into your brain. See, it won't take control, because advertising is spearheaded by a bunch of morons, it'll just start broadcasting from inside your brain.
"Eat at Joe's.... Eat at Joe's."
You must remember that the main goal of advertising is to drive the more intelligent members of a species insane.
That's the definition of advertising, it's in the dictionary. Read it sometime.
Sep 19, 2005
While I'm talking about poker, here's something that can stop:
Starting sentences with the phrase, "Poker is a lot like life..."
This is only a trend with people seeking to validate the devotion they give to poker. Poker isn't like life. Poker is a game of strategy in the long-term, and luck in the short-term.
In life, you can make all the incorrect decisions and reach the top of the iceburg. Naturally, you forget about the 70% of us that are underwater, but you get what you pay for, and life is free.
An example would be President George W. Bush. Here's a man that's the "leader" of the most powerful nation on earth, and he still thinks naming an anti-theft device "The Club" is really fucking funny.
That doesn't belong on the resume of the President of the United States. That is on MY resume. Fuck.
Poker is not like life. It's easy to see similarities between something that is not understood by humans (life) and anything else that's so incredibly complicated that it's nigh incomprehensible (in this example, poker).
Starting sentences with the phrase, "Poker is a lot like life..."
This is only a trend with people seeking to validate the devotion they give to poker. Poker isn't like life. Poker is a game of strategy in the long-term, and luck in the short-term.
In life, you can make all the incorrect decisions and reach the top of the iceburg. Naturally, you forget about the 70% of us that are underwater, but you get what you pay for, and life is free.
An example would be President George W. Bush. Here's a man that's the "leader" of the most powerful nation on earth, and he still thinks naming an anti-theft device "The Club" is really fucking funny.
That doesn't belong on the resume of the President of the United States. That is on MY resume. Fuck.
Poker is not like life. It's easy to see similarities between something that is not understood by humans (life) and anything else that's so incredibly complicated that it's nigh incomprehensible (in this example, poker).
This post is about one of the ultimate expressions of capitalism.
A theoretical exploration of poker.
Of course, I'm not speaking literally. However, poker is an extreme expression of lassiez-fair economics. My spelling might be off, of course, but the concept remains true.
When you play poker, you wager monies. Pretty simple concept there.
Naturally, it gets more complicated if you want to do this for a living. A little like the stock market, though I'm sure that's a common analogy.
With each wager, you attempt to maximize the amount of *expectation* you have when risking your monies.
Expectation is an important concept. Excpectation is the amount of money you expect to make given the *average* of all possibilities for the outcome of a hand. The important part is to disregard individual results, because poker is a game of wild variations in "luck".
I call luck "variance" because it means much the same thing, but doesn't have any sentimental attachment.
Sentimental attachments, whether it is to a particular hand or class of hands in poker, is a dangerous position.
The equation works like this:
Expectation = edge * volume.
Your "edge" is essentially the skill you have in excess of your opponents (If it helps, think of it in terms of the mistakes they make but you avoid. Every time an opponent makes a mistake, there is a potential for profit. Conversely, when you make mistakes, you SHOULD lose money, though unskilled opponents will frequently not capitalize on your mistakes.) The more you play, the bigger your edge will get (if you try to improve, which most people don't or can't). It's a positive feedback equation, because the more you play, the larger your edge gets (again, if you try to improve). The more you play, the bigger your edge gets, and the more you are betting (the volume section of our equation) and the more your edge affects your profits.
Any questions?
A theoretical exploration of poker.
Of course, I'm not speaking literally. However, poker is an extreme expression of lassiez-fair economics. My spelling might be off, of course, but the concept remains true.
When you play poker, you wager monies. Pretty simple concept there.
Naturally, it gets more complicated if you want to do this for a living. A little like the stock market, though I'm sure that's a common analogy.
With each wager, you attempt to maximize the amount of *expectation* you have when risking your monies.
Expectation is an important concept. Excpectation is the amount of money you expect to make given the *average* of all possibilities for the outcome of a hand. The important part is to disregard individual results, because poker is a game of wild variations in "luck".
I call luck "variance" because it means much the same thing, but doesn't have any sentimental attachment.
Sentimental attachments, whether it is to a particular hand or class of hands in poker, is a dangerous position.
The equation works like this:
Expectation = edge * volume.
Your "edge" is essentially the skill you have in excess of your opponents (If it helps, think of it in terms of the mistakes they make but you avoid. Every time an opponent makes a mistake, there is a potential for profit. Conversely, when you make mistakes, you SHOULD lose money, though unskilled opponents will frequently not capitalize on your mistakes.) The more you play, the bigger your edge will get (if you try to improve, which most people don't or can't). It's a positive feedback equation, because the more you play, the larger your edge gets (again, if you try to improve). The more you play, the bigger your edge gets, and the more you are betting (the volume section of our equation) and the more your edge affects your profits.
Any questions?
Sep 15, 2005
Sep 14, 2005
Yes!
So it's been about a month since the last update. Sadly, there is not any new fiction at the moment. I know, I can't seem to finish a story, so I've decided to shelf it for a while.
Shelving something is sort of like putting something on the back burner, but not quite as gay.
That's right. Gay. Because of the fire. Nevermind.
I'm still playing poker. It's not quite where you could call me a professional poker player, but it's what you would call the 'cusp' of playing professionally.
Soon, I should be moving up in stakes, from single dollar to multiple dollar bets. This is great and exciting. I've been lucky.
There's a new blog that you guys should check out. I'll add it to the links on the right as well. The blog is authored by an unemployed rocket scientist.
Anyway, I'll post again once I move up.
So it's been about a month since the last update. Sadly, there is not any new fiction at the moment. I know, I can't seem to finish a story, so I've decided to shelf it for a while.
Shelving something is sort of like putting something on the back burner, but not quite as gay.
That's right. Gay. Because of the fire. Nevermind.
I'm still playing poker. It's not quite where you could call me a professional poker player, but it's what you would call the 'cusp' of playing professionally.
Soon, I should be moving up in stakes, from single dollar to multiple dollar bets. This is great and exciting. I've been lucky.
There's a new blog that you guys should check out. I'll add it to the links on the right as well. The blog is authored by an unemployed rocket scientist.
Anyway, I'll post again once I move up.
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