> If it’s true that poker is a skill game, then only the true greats should be able to play perfectly.
No, even in a skill game, it is possible for someone who does not understand the rules to make the perfect play. It is just extremely unlikely, and it is extremely likely that a more skilled player will beat a less skilled player on average. The greater the skill disparity between two players, the more one-sided the competition should become.
I'm sure Josh realizes this, and I like the blog post as a whole, that quote just struck me as wrong enough I had to post something.
Disagree with your first point, unless you are suggesting they fall into it (aka just luck out). Like the infinite monkey theorem.
I agree with everything else. Obviously a more skilled player will beat a less skilled player if the game they are playing requires skill (which poker obviously does).
>> No, even in a skill game, it is possible for someone who does not understand the rules to make the perfect play.
> Disagree with your first point
You may, but it is possible for a much better player to lose (even in a "skill game") to a player with very little or no knowledge of the game. You may consider this "lucking out" but even the most skill-based games have an element of luck, and in edge cases new / worse players will beat better / experienced players - this is simply how these things work (and part of what we as humans generally find exciting about contests of skill).
This is why many competitive games limit the element of randomness among professionals by various means. In poker, all players have the opportunity to play very many hands - no single hand decides the outcome (unless they decide to go all-in, for example). Similarly, in 9-ball and tennis (among other sports), professionals at the highest levels play sets of games - because the outcome of a single game is not indicative of the involved players' respective skill levels. On any given day, given enough games, I would beat Jeannette Lee at a game of 9-ball, even though her skill at the game is leaps and bounds above mine. At no time (ever, haha) would I realistically be able to beat her in a best-of-nine game format. That is why she is world ranked and I am commenting on a website.
Saying that "only poker greats will play a perfect hand" is erroneous, many people play perfect hands. The difference is a professional will probably know (or suspect) that they are about to make the perfect play. They also will attempt to do so regularly, and know the difference between perfect, good, and bad plays, whereas bad/new players will not (or will much less frequently).
btw, because nl has the nuance that bet sizing is almost always variable, i'd contend that almost always, someone is not playing absolutely perfectly. that's what i think phil is really saying - it's about striving to be perfect. not being perfect.
No, I must be a one trick pony who has only ever used one language, on one platform, in one workplace and has no experience on which to base his claims. What sense would it make to post a comment based on personal experience, right?
When people talk about 'the objectification of women,' they're not talking about the dictionary definition of the word objectification. It's shorthand for sexual objectification.
"Objectification is an attitude that regards a person as a commodity or as an object for use, with little or no regard for a person's personality or sentience."
If you're a model, that's what you do for a living. I mean, they use their body to demonstrate clothing. Where could they get the space to display their personality and sentience here?
If it's okay for them it should also be okay for everyone else, don't see why not.
Technically, both Propane and Briquette use a Webkit view, but behind the scenes Briquette actually implements the Campfire API instead of scraping the campfire site for its content. Briquette also supports Growl, multiple sites, customizable message alerts, and drag-and-drop file uploads. Searching transcripts is on the way for version 1.2.
We had been using Propane ourselves when we decided to begin developing Briquette as an internal project. We felt frustrated with the user experience it offered. Briquette is our attempt to provide a client which is more streamlined and pleasant to use. We're focusing mainly on the user experience for business use.
We decided to launch with significantly less features than Propane, but have slowly been implementing more as we figure out the best way to focus on the end-user experience.
I'm a Propane user, but I'm not even a little bit attached to it. I really like Propane though. So, sell me on how you've improved the user experience with Briquette.
I mean, if you want to talk to a model customer for your product. Otherwise, good job, good luck, &c!
We personally prefer the user experience that we've crafted. Notifications in the app differentiate between new messages and mentions (in the room list), for one. We also feel that the display of messages in each room is superior, and prefer the room listing to the tabbed approach Propane uses.
These differences are largely subjective, though, and some people may prefer Propane's approach (and that's fine). I suggest if you're not convinced, use a promo code and try it out for a day or two. If the promo codes are all used, I'd be happy to email one to you.
We are also always happy to hear suggestions to improve the user experience:
Yes, we've known (and been enraged by) the font-size changing bug as well. Not sure what the deal is with the beachball you've gotten intermittently, but there are a few updates in the pipe (waiting on App store review process). One of them allows you to resize the left column to your heart's delight, as well as fixing the strange styling issues in the message box when pasting rich-text. After the update, you should no longer be able to inadvertently change the style of text presented in the message box.
