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That doesn't sound white hat at all. It sounds sociopathic. At least he on some level recognizes that it "sounds like an evil plan for world domination".
by yesenadam 6y ago
That doesn't sound white hat at all. It sounds sociopathic. At least he on some level recognizes that it "sounds like an evil plan for world domination".
- runawaybottle 6y agoThat was my sense, but apparently this is a troll post.
- yesenadam 6y agoHmm yes, that makes more sense! Not far enough from what I've seen written seriously that that was apparent, though I'm no expert in the field. On the topic of taking jokes seriously : About 10 years ago I came across Winning with the Bongcloud, a mock 36 page guide to a new killer chess opening (1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 - the worst move possible in that position) which was about the funniest thing I'd ever read, brilliant in every way. It uses the vague terms real opening books do, with every example game leaving you with a "winning" position which is actually lost by mate in 1. http://i.4pcdn.org/tg/1401479151063.pdf http://i.4pcdn.org/tg/1401479151063.pdf I wrote the author a gushing email, saying it was a brilliant work, thanking him for the valuable addition to opening theory etc – playing along with the joke. The author wrote back a puzzling message explaining that it was actually all a joke, that all the diagrams were losing, etc as if I'd taken it seriously. I can't imagine why he thought I'd thought it had any value, if I'd taken it seriously. (Maybe he was out-trolling me?! That didn't occur to me until just now.) Anyway, pleasingly, the Bongcloud is nowadays very famous. Almost every online stream where grandmasters say they'll play openings suggested by users, someone suggests the Bongcloud, and without fail they know what it is, and I've seen it played several times. It gives joy like no serious opening could.