@JoshMandel7 David Budden has paid the remaining $12.5k as per our agreement, bringing the total he has paid me to $25,000. I thank him for his integrity in honoring the bet and I wish him luck with his future endeavors.
@JoshMandel7 David Budden has paid the remaining $12.5k as per our agreement, bringing the total he has paid me to $25,000. I thank him for his integrity in honoring the bet and I wish him luck with his future endeavors.
@JoshMandel7 A peek behind the curtain: I ultimately won on the 38th turn. But in truth, by the 23rd turn, I already had in mind a plan that guaranteed victory.
@JoshMandel7 A peek behind the curtain: I ultimately won on the 38th turn. But in truth, by the 23rd turn, I already had in mind a plan that guaranteed victory.
In this diagram, arrows mean that if my opponent plays at the bottom end, my immediate response is the top end. Likewise, if they play in either of the two ? points, my next move is forced to the other one.
@JoshMandel7 So eventually my opponent is forced to be the first player to touch one of {B3, E7, F1}. If they choose B3, I answer with B4 and win. If they choose F1, I answer with F2 and win. And if they choose E7, that means E6 is already mine, letting me play B3 and win anyway.
@JoshMandel7 So eventually my opponent is forced to be the first player to touch one of {B3, E7, F1}. If they choose B3, I answer with B4 and win. If they choose F1, I answer with F2 and win. And if they choose E7, that means E6 is already mine, letting me play B3 and win anyway.
Quicksand really felt like one of those hazards adulthood was going to involve constantly. But after losing my dad to quicksand as a kid, I mostly stopped putting myself in situations where it could come up.
In this diagram, arrows mean that if my opponent plays at the bottom end, my immediate response is the top end. Likewise, if they play in either of the two ? points, my next move is forced to the other one.
I’ve always been known as the king of “too soon” jokes. My timing is catastrophically bad. For instance, I spent years getting attacked for criticizing US/Israeli violence under Biden, back when apparently it was nuanced and complicated and inappropriate to condemn too strongly.
Quicksand really felt like one of those hazards adulthood was going to involve constantly. But after losing my dad to quicksand as a kid, I mostly stopped putting myself in situations where it could come up.