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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It’s gotta be a joke. I hope.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I took the lambdas in the username to mean theyre a functional programming fan, pretty sure they're joking.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it could also just be a fan of half life and they actually don’t know any better

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

possibly also just greek I guess

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Alex McNeilly is about as Greek as it gets

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

It is the joke.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Nah, it's just a theory.

A GAME THEORY.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (30 children)

I was actually kinda disappointed when I found out that Game Theory had nothing to do with games, and was actually just math. 😩

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

This is why you should read Ender's Game before you're allowed to watch YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I'm indifferent to the content, but I fucking hate that they took the name Game Theory. I can't talk about this genuinely fascinating topic just about anywhere without kids screaming about the channel.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)

for the longest time, i did know that game theory did not have anything to do with "games" and that it is somehow connected to the prisoners dilemma, but the concept as such wasn't very clear to me. If you are like my former me, take 30 minutes out of your day and visit https://ncase.me/trust/ to learn and play around with game theory; it's a great webpage and it's pretty good fun all around.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We have game theory as an a elective at my uni, the amount of people who signed up for game theory instead of game design is staggering

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Those people would benefit from game theory then. Game theory is all about using the information available to make the best possible choice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would I play game theory when I can play actual games?? It’s like reading about sex positions when your horny naked fwb is right next to you, I tells ya!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Some people definitely need to read more fucktheory.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

If you want to learn about games you want combinatorial game theory. Traditional game theory isn't completely divorced from real games either, but comes up more often in economics.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

I took Game Theory and the professor's first name was Patrick. Some ID for something related to the course (that he chose himself) was "patmath".

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's been a thing for a century, YouTubers didn't invent words.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

That's what I hoped, but none of the commentors seemed to be in on it.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Game theory final exam:

Full Marks (100%):

You will receive full marks if you answer all questions correctly and at least 70% of the class chooses the "Full Marks" strategy.

If you answer all questions correctly but fewer than 70% of the class chooses the "Full Marks" strategy, your grade will be 90%

Half Marks (50%):

You will receive half marks if you answer all questions correctly but at least 30% of the class chooses the "Half Marks" strategy.

If you choose this strategy and the class distribution aligns as specified, your grade will be 50% irrespective of the correctness of your answers.

Fail (0%) with Incentive:

You will receive a failing grade if you choose the "Fail" strategy or if your answers are incorrect and less than 30% of the class chooses the "Fail" strategy.

If you choose the "Fail" strategy and at least 30% of the class also chooses the "Fail" strategy, you will receive a special incentive: Automatic 'A' grade in the next course module, regardless of your performance in this exam.

Additionally, if more than 70% of the class chooses "Fail" or "Half Marks" strategies combined, everyone will fail regardless of individual choices.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

The game theory course at my university was called "Poker 101"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is there a YouTuber/streamer named "Game" or something?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There is a YouTube channel called game theory.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

It is now an umbrella term for the science of rational decision making in humans, animals, and computers.

Sounds too academic for me

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Northernlion class is lectured by the librarian.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

when you drive past the university entrance's brand new million dollar fountain to get to the shit-tier computers in the cramped as fuck computer lab, then you start wondering if it was always like this

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