Dave Mark

Game AI consultant.
Multi-variate math, psychology, game theory, poker...
I do NP-Hard problems for fun and profit.
Your computer can't but I do.

[Dave Mark @IADaveMark]

@ThomasSowell Liquidate the airline. Oh... wait...

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@BenjaminPogge Yeah, my wife and I have lost all 4 of our parents in the past 5 years. And now her brother.

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So Glioblastoma brain cancer is, indeed, fatal. Story check out.

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@BenjaminPogge Still vertical. Sorry I didn't respond to your email. I've been... distracted.

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@BenjaminPogge Nope. Brother-in-law died of it last night.

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@JoshuaArieh @TheMasters @espn Makes for an awkward 4-some.

[Dave Mark @IADaveMark]

@jeremyausmus I run into that when playing live. I'm so used to playing 3-4 tables online at 70h/h that playing a single live one at 30h/h gets boring quickly. My VPIP goes through the roof if I'm not careful. The distraction of my phone is helpful.

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@FarazJaka That's a fold. You are either flipping or 80/20

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

Some rules of thumb on how to follow the news in the modern age.

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@WSOP @martinkabrhell He's such a fucking self-important clown.

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@RGPokerSeries When are you guys going to submit the @HBRPoker events to @TheHendonMob ? I cashed in 2 of my 3 events and would love them on my profile.

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@IgnitionCasino Other players

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@Raistlin1672 @padspoker Because let's add randomness to our randomness.

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@FaithFilledFitz @padspoker In tournament play, because of the denominations, you rarely get the chance to go 20 high.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨 WHEN FEELINGS KILL COMMON SENSE

Being nice isn’t bad... until it breaks your country.

Some people care so much about everyone’s feelings, they forget about facts, safety, and their own neighbors.

This is called suicidal empathy. Basically, being so compassionate it turns self-destructive. Sounds wild, but it’s real.

Gad Saad says we’re overloaded with emotion, treating every stranger like family, even criminals or enemies, because it feels good.

But feelings aren’t policies, and this kind of kindness is backfiring hard.

Take U.S. borders: in 2023, a record 2.5 million illegal crossings swamped the system.

It’s not just overcrowding. Over 15,000 non-citizens were arrested for serious crimes in one year.

Fentanyl smuggling? Also up. And guess what? Those costs hit taxpayers: $150 billion a year, enough to help veterans or disaster victims.

But sure, let's keep pretending open borders are just "nice."

Then there's the “defund the police” mess. Meant to help communities, it led to fewer arrests and way more murders. A 70% jump in Minneapolis alone.

The people hurt most? The same communities it claimed to protect.

Bonus chaos: in the UK, people got arrested for tweets. That’s where feelings-over-facts leads.

DEI programs? Started with good intentions. Now they’re breaking schools and jobs.

A Forbes study said they mostly help rich elites, not everyday people. Harvard’s diversity policies even lowered team performance by 12%.

In companies, DEI training actually made bias worse. All because we’re scared to say, “Let’s hire the best person.”

It gets worse. All this empathy-for-everyone has made people stop trusting each other... down 20% since 2000.

This isn’t about being heartless. It’s about using your brain with your heart.

It's called “reasoned empathy,” where compassion meets common sense.

Help people, yes... but stop lighting your own house on fire to keep others warm.

Source: @GadSaad, @elonmusk, Gonsalves, G, Kiskin K, Heritage, RAND, NYP, @Grok Imagine

[Matt Glantz @MattGlantz]

Every American is a free speech absolutist until something is said they don't like.

[Wall Street Journal Opinion @WSJopinion]

At this pivotal time for our country, we have a choice. We can be an America in renaissance or we can be an America in decline, writes Leon E. Panetta
https://t.co/sQEYyYoMti

[Dave Mark @IADaveMark]

Heh... I didn't even see the (One Day Event) stuff on there since I was looking for the structure sheets so much.

As for their website, they are a little... lacking. They only have the current month's calendar up at time. So in a few days (hopefully) they will have September's up and the Circuit will be on there.

Thanks for your attention, sir.

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@WSOP @Kevmath We are a week out from the Circuit event at @HorseshoeIowa @HBRPoker and the web site doesn't have structure sheets or any data at all. We don't even know if some are single or 2-day events. Kinda hard to plan the week out. Any news on this?

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@charliekirk11 And yet you can look at his cabinet picks...