I think it's time that we begin to have generals on /r9k/ that are either intellectual or educational. We have thousands of lurkers on this board daily that are educated and/or professional at one thing or another.
I believe it to be imperative to our community that we not only sling dank memes at one another but also grow as individuals in one way or another. The amount of expertise/knowledge that can be shared between individuals is amazing, and is also often neglected in favor of spouting shitty memes. 90% of people that browse 4chan either rarely post or never have. These people may come to our board in the search of dank memes, but they also come here for interesting discussion and a sense of community.
With my intentions made clear I would like to begin the discussion with a few questions about a hobby I would like to get into; chess!
My grandfather is big into chess and was the one who taught me how to play as a young child. Around the age of 12 I stopped playing, and haven't really got back into it since.
I'm looking to get into chess and at some point would like to be at least competent enough to play at a tournament level. How should I as a novice chess player get into the game, and what are the best resources for a up and coming chess player?
Also, general chess discussion and other intellectual discussion is more thank welcome!
I realize that how I typed this post out makes me sound like the supreme gentlemen, please don't take me too seriously and try to stimulate some /intellectual/ discussion. I apologize if there is any grammatical and/or formatting problems as I am making this post on my IPhone.
You are but pawns in OUR game.
>>29242557
imo there's a nimzovitch book that's good for beginners
also you should start playing online or with other people if there's a chess club nearby
in fatc if there's an active chess club you should defenitily go there
i miss that a lot
>>29242687
What's the chess community like where you live? Is it a bunch of edge lords or are there people who are actually fascinated by the game? I'm kind of afraid that the community where I live is going to be dominated by 13-16 y/o's forced to play by their parents.
i like talking to girls online that are into cultured stuff :3
>>29242608
Thank you for bringing nothing to the discussion you fucking goyim.
>>29242747
when i was a kid i played at a chess club, there were other kids like me and we had a tutor
though the club wasn't for kids, it was mostly 60 and above yo, so we played chess with them for fun and at tournies, it was awesome, though i was a shitty kid
anyway, i'd say you should drop the nickname as a start, and after that look into what there is around you
there will be kids and there will be grown ups i presume
chess isn't about age
>>29242557
Chess isn't fun for me anymore, as I've gotten further into it (only rated 1200 or so online, but I have probably over 1500 games) it's become increasingly clear to me that memorization, especially for openings, is essential or you get absolutely wrecked. Also, if you make one mistake at any point in the game then you lose if you're playing anyone remotely decent. Seems like a game built for autists, not that there's anything wrong with that, but having to actually study (as though you were studying for a tough exam) to get good just isn't appealing to me.
>>29243052
Fair enough man!
>>29242795
Op you're a piece of shit of calling yourself an intellectual for playing chess
first of all you're probably a weak as shit chess player
>inb4 hurr muh 1800 uscf
I used to be an avid chess player then I got chronic depression and I stopped playing
Wil still follow the wcc
tho
>considers himself an intellectual
>is a dumb normie phoneposter
>can't into grammar
Please leave.
>>29242837
Chess is about visualizing and memorization
>>29243128
I stated that I'm a novice chess player in the post you fucking idiot.
>>29243080
It's really not as bad as the dude makes it sound. Generally you can do fine even without much theory knowledge as long as you understand basics and don't play like an absolute retard in the beginning. You will quickly learn what types of positions you're comfortable in and which ones you need to improve upon.
>>29243227
But you also say you're an intellectual
Behold the alcoholic animals, bemused with drink, the right to an immoderate use of which comes along with freedom. It is not for us and ours to walk that road. The peoples of the GOYIM are bemused with alcoholic liquors; their youth has grown stupid on classicism and from early immorality, into which it has been inducted by our special agents - by tutors, lackeys, governesses in the houses of the wealthy, by clerks and others, by our women in the places of dissipation frequented by the GOYIM. In the number of these last I count also the so-called "society ladies," voluntary followers of the others in corruption and luxury.
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>>29243128
>>29243178
This is a thread for independent study recommendations. I realize that you enjoy shitting in everything you feel incapable of enjoying, but it makes you look more pathetic and boring than anything else.
Ask me for book recommendations for philosophy, drawing, painting, anthropology, and theology. I have many interests.
Could somebody recommend a good resource for welding information? I would like to pick up TIG welding, and have access to supervised equipment use, but outside study time would be preferred.
3. It must be noted that men with bad instincts are more in number than the good, and therefore the best results in governing them are attained by violence and terrorisation, and not by academic discussions. Every man aims at power, everyone would like to become a dictator if only he could, and rare indeed are the men who would not be willing to sacrifice the welfare of all for the sake of securing their own welfare.
>>29243309
I looked through the post twice and I didn't once see myself referring to anyone as an intellectual?
In order to distract people who may be too troublesome from discussions of questions of the political we are now putting forward what we allege to be new questions of the political, namely, questions of industry. In this sphere let them discuss themselves silly! The masses are agreed to remain inactive, to take a rest from what they suppose to be political (which we trained them to in order to use them as a means of combating the GOY governments) only on condition of being found new employments, in which we are prescribing them something that looks like the same political object. In order that the masses themselves may not guess what they are about WE FURTHER DISTRACT THEM WITH AMUSEMENTS, GAMES, PASTIMES, PASSIONS, PEOPLE'S PALACES .... SOON WE SHALL BEGIN THROUGH THE PRESS TO PROPOSE COMPETITIONS IN ART, IN SPORT IN ALL KINDS: these interests will finally distract their minds from questions in which we should find ourselves compelled to oppose them. Growing more and more unaccustomed to reflect and form any opinions of their own, people will begin to talk in the same tone as we because we alone shall be offering them new directions for thought ... of course through such persons as will not be suspected of solidarity with us.
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>>29243385
Where would you put yourself on the political compass?
>>29243385
I'm not going to ask you for a recommendation of anything, you pretentious, smarmy little self-aggrandizing faggot. The only boring person here is you, seeing as how you think piling on surface-level trivia tidbit "knowledge" of "philosophy, drawing, painting, anthropology, and theology" makes you an interesting person, let alone an intellectual one, you insufferable, autofellating cunt.
Far back in ancient times we were the first to cry among the masses of the people the words "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," words many times repeated since these days by stupid poll-parrots who, from all sides around, flew down upon these baits and with them carried away the well-being of the world, true freedom of the individual, formerly so well guarded against the pressure of the mob. The would-be wise men of the GOYIM, the intellectuals, could not make anything out of the uttered words in their abstractedness; did not see that in nature there is no equality, cannot be freedom: that Nature herself has established inequality of minds, of characters, and capacities, just as immutably as she has established subordination to her laws: never stopped to think that the mob is a blind thing, that upstarts elected from among it to bear rule are, in regard to the political, the same blind men as the mob itself, that the adept, though he be a fool, can yet rule, whereas the non-adept, even if he were a genius, understands nothing in the political - to all those things the GOYIM paid no regard; yet all the time it was based upon these things that dynastic rule rested: the father passed on to the son a knowledge of the course of political affairs in such wise that none should know it but members of the dynasty and none could betray it to the governed. As time went on, the meaning of the dynastic transference of the true position of affairs in the political was lost, and this aided the success of our cause.
>>29243457
For some are of gold, others of silver, others of bronze, others of iron.
It's an old saw, anon.
For us there are not checks to limit the range of our activity. Our Super-Government subsists in extra-legal conditions which are described in the accepted terminology by the energetic and forcible word - Dictatorship. I am in a position to tell you with a clear conscience that at the proper time we, the law-givers, shall execute judgment and sentence, we shall slay and we shall spare, we, as head of all our troops, are mounted on the steed of the leader. We rule by force of will, because in our hands are the fragments of a once powerful party, now vanquished by us. AND THE WEAPONS IN OUR HANDS ARE LIMITLESS AMBITIONS, BURNING GREEDINESS, MERCILESS VENGEANCE, HATREDS AND MALICE.
>>29242557
OP, thanks, this thread filled me with hope, let's bring back the gentlemen. I loved when this board started a long time ago, and we treated each other like Victorian gentlemen.
>>29242557
I had to get my IQ tested for felony probation and scored in the Very Superior range. I hump my bed starve myself and smoke cigarettes all day ama
>>29243385
How has the porn industry evolved since the year 2001?
Anyone into programming, video editing or finance here?
TO SECURE THIS WE MUST HAVE EVERYBODY VOTE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF CLASSES AND QUALIFICATIONS, in order to establish an absolute majority, which cannot be got from the educated propertied classes. In this way, by inculcating in all a sense of self-importance, we shall destroy among the GOYIM the importance of the family and its educational value and remove the possibility of individual minds splitting off, for the mob, handled by us, will not let them come to the front nor even give them a hearing; it is accustomed to listen to us only who pay it for obedience and attention. In this way we shall create a blind, mighty force which will never be in a position to move in any direction without the guidance of our agents set at its head by us as leaders of the mob. The people will submit to this regime because it will know that upon these leaders will depend its earnings, gratifications and the receipt of all kinds of benefits.
>>29243486
I'm fiscally conservative in a traditional sense of the word, and don't have enough patience with nominal theocracies to deal with socially conservative policy seriously.
I don't find libertarian ideals practical or sane, so I usually side with establishment democrats while cringing.
>>29243532
I'm not an intellectual, but I do enjoy reading.
I'm in a tech design major with a minor in bio-- I'd like to be a medical illustrator when I grow up. As a result, I have a great deal of knowledge and interest in the relevant areas.
My favorite hobbies outside of school are definitely philosophy and the anthropological applications of theological systems, so there's that little over-specified autistic fact out in the open.
I'm not particularly interesting as a person, but I do function as a card catalogue of everything I've read over the past five years.
>>29243709
My uncle is a pretty legit editor with multiple movies that he edited but I myself don't know much.
>>29243779
Jesus Christ, you know what you sound like? You sound like one of those autistic, boring people who knows he's not interesting, but who drones on and on and on to people about shit only he finds interesting anyway, even when it's clear no one gives a shit about what he has to say, just because he wants everyone around him to feel a fraction as miserable as he does being himself on a daily basis.
You worst quality, however, is that you're a dumb phoneposter.
>>29243666
This isn't a specialty of mine, but the topics of the phenomenon of intellectual property proliferation and exploring what value digital art can still hold given the possibility of infinite lossless replication both have some interesting articles if you have a Jstor account. Would you like them?
>>29243532
Forgive mi, mi lord. I sur' wishe I coulda benn half thee intelictual u r
But you yourselves perfectly well know that TO PRODUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE EXPRESSION OF SUCH WISHES BY ALL THE NATIONS IT IS INDISPENSABLE TO TROUBLE IN ALL COUNTRIES THE PEOPLE'S RELATIONS WITH THEIR GOVERNMENTS SO AS TO UTTERLY EXHAUST HUMANITY WITH DISSENSION, HATRED, STRUGGLE, ENVY AND EVEN BY THE USE OF TORTURE, BY STARVATION, BY THE INOCULATION OF DISEASES, BY WANT, SO THAT THE "GOYIM" SEE NO OTHER ISSUE THAN TO TAKE REFUGE IN OUR COMPLETE SOVEREIGNTY IN MONEY AND IN ALL ELSE.
>>29243855
Yes I would be very interested! Thank you for all of the thoughtful and intellectual discussion! What a true gentlemen!
Not to spam this shit or anything but there's a website called chess dot com which is really good for playing against other people around the world. Maybe we coukd use it to have tournaments for /r9k/ users only. i'd be up for it not sure what you anons think
>>29243861
Except I'm not calling myself an intellectual, retard. You're the one thinking he's hot shit because you play chess like you're some sort of cliched one-dimensional villain in a lazily-written movie.
>>29243904
Thanks man I'll check it out
>>29243851
Well, you did want to insist that I knew very little about my offered topics of expertise. I just wanted to make it clear that my offer was valid for anyone interested in participating.
I think you're having at least a little bit of fun here. Do you have anything you would like to read? I'm good for both fiction and non-fiction recommendations.
Chess is a game for the dumb goyim slaves.
There is nothing "intellectual" about it, it is just memorization of patterns. That's all.
>>29243953
What are your five favorite novels, my dude?
>>29243921
Stop being such a faggot. Post boipucci or GTFO!
>>29242557
>says "if there IS any grammatical and/or formatting problems"
>blames it on iPhone
>tries to discuss "educational" robots
Get this junk out of here.
The part played by the liberals, utopian dreamers, will be finally played out when our government is acknowledged. Till such time they will continue to do us good service. Therefore we shall continue to direct their minds to all sorts of vain conceptions of fantastic theories, new and apparently progressive: for have we not with complete success turned the brainless heads of the GOYIM with progress, till there is not among the GOYIM one mind able to perceive that under this word lies a departure from truth in all cases where it is not a question of material inventions, for truth is one, and in it there is no place for progress. Progress, like a fallacious idea, serves to obscure truth so that none may know it except us, the Chosen of God, its guardians.
i'm pretty good with music theory and guitar, so if anyone has any questions about either ill try to answer
>>29243972
memorizing paterns has more to do with modern chess than classic chess. And although i agree that there's not really anything intellectual about it it there's no reazon why it can't be fun
In order to effect the destruction of all collective forces except ours we shall emasculate the first stage of collectivism - the UNIVERSITIES, by re-educating them in a new direction. THEIR OFFICIALS AND PROFESSORS WILL BE PREPARED FOR THEIR BUSINESS BY DETAILED SECRET PROGRAMS OF ACTION FROM WHICH THEY WILL NOT WITH IMMUNITY DIVERGE, NOT BY ONE IOTA. THEY WILL BE APPOINTED WITH ESPECIAL PRECAUTION, AND WILL BE SO PLACED AS TO BE WHOLLY DEPENDENT UPON THE GOVERNMENT.
>>29244048
Too hard, too cruel!
I like T.M. Lehrman for anthropology; love Buber, Kierkegaard, and Wittgenstein for philosophy; think that some monks did the best they could in regards to preserving 8th+ century european/scandanavian poetry; am indebted to JRR Tolkien for natural-sounding translations of the previous category and his personal contributions towards modern fantasy; and enjoy the New Weird as far as modern genres may go.
That's five categories, which is a little bit in the spirit of your question.
>>29244224
nigga link your posts so we follow what your rantin about
>>29244100
Where is the best place to learn how to read those strange grid notations for stringed instruments? Do you know of an online guide that breaks it down simply?
Also, why is math rock best rock?
e4 > d4
It's win rate isn't as good but it's more funand Fischer played it
>>29244294
what grid notations? do you mean tabs?
>>29244048
>>29244269
...to start on each category, I'd read the Lehrman essay on non-pathological group hallucination, I and Thou for Buber 101, Either/Or for Kierkegaard 101, and Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus for Wittgenstein 101. Don't be scared off by the title of the last one. Tt's straightforward, humorous, and quotable. I'd pick up the Tolkien translation of the Lay of Sigurd and Gudrun for a taste of his translation work, recommend the Silmarillion to bits for all its relentlessly depressing beauty, and choose Kraken by China Mieville for your intro to New Weird. If you don't know much about the New Weird's basis, Lovecraft, I can also help with that.
>>29244442
Yes, tabs. I was blanking on the name.
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>>29243621
There was a time when intellectual threads were the norm, and did not need general threads.
But I suppose this is a start to perhaps revitalizing that.
>>29244224
this niggas just spouting stupid vague shit so he looks /int/
>>29243709
>programming
SE here. Mostly webdev nowadays though.
> finance
Had a project in neurally-driven simulated robotic trading back in college. Was decent, but haven't worked on it in recent times though.
Last area of exploration was analyzing the news to attempt to forecast market behavior in general in order to decide whether to play aggressively or cautiously.
Back in the day another robot had his own robotic system which he claimed "paid rent." That was my inspiration to begin exploring that area.
>>29244213
>modern chess
>classic chess
Pardon my ignorance, but what's the difference?
>>29242557
>29242557
I just started playing again too. I got my roommate into it also. Neither of us are very good but just by playing both in person and online you will pick up on things and get better.
>>29243882
I've been trying to find your essays on the side, but I'm having some problems finding the saved pdfs.
I'm trying to just re-google the essays, but it's kind of a mess. I'm trying to find an interesting piece critiquing the layers of quality compression viewing art digitally inherently messes with. There's some asides about the false scarcity of digital reproduction of originally digital art, and how that's messing with modern artists. One artist commented on this by having a single GIF encrypted on a thumb drive. Sold it like an original oil painting. It was a weird article and I wanted to give it to you.
The other one, I found! Torrent this shit. You'll like it. It goes into how art deals with naked people, and why people use the word nude to classify some kinds of naked art. If you want a short rant about why people can't draw other human bodies with half-decent anatomy because of screwy psychological reasons, just ask.
Clark, Kenneth:
The Nude, A Study in Ideal Form
(New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1954)
>>29244466
its pretty easy to read tabs. each line represents a string, and the numbers on those lines represent the frets you play. just google search 'how to read tabs' and i'm sure you'll find something that explains it. there's some symbols you'll need to remember, the main ones being bending, hammer ons/pull offs, and sliding. there's a few other symbols but 90% of the time it will be one of those symbols
the problem with tabs is they don't have rhythmic notation, so you can't really write out original music with it, it's good for easily showing how to play a song that you can listen to though.
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>>29244637
Thank you!
How about a fondly remembered theory text? Do you have a preferred source?
I know a lot about the following:
Programming
Digital Audio Production
I know a decent amount about the following:
Investing
Learning Chess
Travel Tips
Ask me anything.
>>29244699
Is Digital Audio Production basically music?
>>29244755
Yeah, but digitally, as opposed to with actual instruments and micing and recording them.
>>29244699
Do you know some good pd extended resources that aren't fucking cheeto moskeeto?
Also, why is ProTools10 such a finicky bitch? Are there less infuriating software options of similar quality, or am I stuck?
>>29244546
Come to think of it, my desire to better analyze businesses for that automated trading project was what led me to begin studying business independently a couple years back.
So yeah, now the project is at a standstill and I ended up starting a software dev/consulting business a few weeks ago. Finding clients seems to be no easy task though.
>>29244852
Ick. Pro Poos, more like.
I only have experience With Logic and FL Studio, sorry.
If you run OS X, get Logic Pro X. If you run Windows, get FL Studio or Ableton. Apparently Reaper is a free, and full featured option, but I've never used it and I'm also a UX Designer, so I'm a bit picky about the interface.
>>29242557
I was the captain of the chess club for most of my high school career, and I have plenty of experience teaching and coaching novices. If anyone has questions about chess, I will try my best to answer you.
If anyone's interested, pic related is a chess puzzle. You are playing as white, and the goal is to gain an advantage over the opponent. The solution to this puzzle takes three moves.
>>29244946
Thank you! I run Windows. What are your preferred tutorial resources for FL Studio? Why do you prefer it to Ableton?
>>29244956
Here's an easier puzzle for new players. I'll keep posting these if people are interested. You are playing as white, and the solution is reached in one move.
>>29244546
That reminds me of the robots that trade billions of dollars every second automatically to 'stabilize' the market. I read about how they had this big fight over trying to get a server the closest to the main robot server under wall street, and eventually they just made a bunch of servers and gave everyone an equal cable length so that no one could gain a time advantage over any other company.
The amount of human capital and skill involved just boggles my mind. I dream of making the first A.I to 'feel' things as I think thats the key to building true A.I as its a cornerstone of human memory(you remember stuff when you have a feeling associated with it).
Then I just remember shit like that and sigh. So much work to be done, and I don't even learn java.
>>29244956
>move queen betwen your knight and enemy knight
>take knight with black bishop
>opponent forced to choose between queen and rook
i'm terrible at describing moves in proper notation, please excuse me
>>29244996
>move rook in row with king
>>29245019
Flash Boys, you're talking about. Isn't that an alternate exchange? Still need to read about that.
But yeah, there's definitely an unfair advantage to be had in the traditional exchange due to network latency.
Powerful AI, imo, boils down to fast (and perhaps inevitably distributed) computing power to back massive hopfield nets.
Deep learning optimizes the learning/convergence process, but ultimately probably may not be as necessary if the time-cost problem is somehow minimized by powerful computing for a conventional deep network.
>java
Not so sure Java will be what we want to use in the future, though it's definitely a "safe" platform.
Used C++ extensively in college distributed computing research.
>>29244956
Points advantage, positioning advantage or mate?
>>29244699
Why should young poor people worry about investment and how should we go about doing it?
>>29244893
Never underestimate the amount of time it takes to bootstrap a new business and find clients. It's not easy. That's why everyone isn't doing it. On the upside, if you get a few initial clients, they'll likely be able to refer you to other people or provide continuous work.
>>29244979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of7LXoom3dk&list=PLGYoE903Nir5I5A8IBNVV0euTUuKcpq7Y
https://www.youtube.com/user/IVTheFourth/videos
>>29244979
Ableton is more made for live music and playing live shows, but I love the interface and a lot of popular producers use it. I like FL because it's midi roll is boss and editing in it is easy. Almost all DAWs run VST plugins nowadays so you can easily switch to anything and bring all your plugs with you.
>>29245019
Yeah, HFT mostly does arbitrage though. Value based trading is still viable. Java is probably not the greatest language to specialize in any more, especially if you want to get into fintech.
>>29242557
I know a little about chess history.
This is a photo of the earliest known Staunton pattern chess set, the Old No. 8 owned by Sir Alan Fersht. Unfortunately, I do not have higher resolution photos of the set when it was used in a recent exhibition match. There are some other high quality images, but not in such luxurious circumstances.
>>29245027
Probably wrong; the solution does not involve a fork.
>>29245057
Correct.
>>29245168
This particular puzzle is a positioning advantage.
>>29245057
The way that this would be notated is
1. Rd8+ Kg7 (since Kg7 is black's only move)
Quick notation lesson
K=King
R=Rook
Q=Queen
N=Knight
B=Bishop
Horizontal= a-h
Vertical= 1-8
Take a piece= x between the piece symbol and destination (e.g. Rxe5 or gxh5 for a pawn in the g column taking a piece at h5)
Check= + at the end
Checkmate= # at the end
Example
1. Rxg5+ Rg6 2. Rxg6# describes a white rook capturing a piece at g5, putting black in check. Black responds by moving one of their rooks to g6, blocking the enemy white rook. The next turn, as indicated by the "2.", the white rook takes the rook that moved to g6, and this somehow puts black in checkmate.
New puzzle attached. Play as black for some kind of advantage (piece taken, situational, or checkmate)
>>29242557
So being a novice chess player makes you educated and or professional? Seems like you don't belong in your own thread
>>29244996
When you say "solution", do you mean checkmate in one move or just that the next white move will lead to victory? I can't see a way to checkmate in one move. >>29245057's solution isn't checkmate, the black king can move to G7 to escape.
>>29245175
Why should young poor people worry about investment? Because you're young. Time is on your side. At this point you can make a small investment and forget about it, and when you retire you'll be rich. Say you're 20. If you invest $100 every pay check (which is minuscule) and are receiving run-of-the-mill market returns, When you retire, you'll have $1,001,822.56
Say you were to start investing when you were 35. You'd need to deposit almost $350.00 every couple weeks in order to get a million when you retire. The sooner you start, the easier it is, the more money you'll have.
>>29245316
While the king isn't put in checkmate, white can take black's queen the following turn since nothing is protecting it. Huge advantage, even if it doesn't involve a checkmate.
>>29245190
Yeah, I've been really trying to work my network for prospective clients.
Cofounder has some promising connections in a particular industry that we may be able to get started by offering services to, so I'm waiting to hear back from our main contact and getting a demonstration set up in the mean time.
> Yeah, HFT mostly does arbitrage though. Value based trading is still viable.
Valuation is probably best for long term investments and private equity, though I suppose if you're confident in the intrinsic value of a stock it may also be possible to day trade using those principles.
>>29242557
What do intellectuals think of crash courses?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_CAkYt3GY&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNgK6MZucdYldNkMybYIHKR
My current environment doesn't allow me to read very much so I was thinking of watching these for a short daily dose of self-study.
Is it worth it or are these just meme courses?
>>29245190
Thank you very much, audio anon.
>>29245398
It's probably better than nothing.
all of you are mentally diseased special snowflakes
>>29245398
It's fine for a basic 101, of course. Use the outline you are given to read further.
If you can watch videos, I suggest audiobooks.
>>29245398
Immersion in a topic is probably the best way to learn it quickly. That said, those crash courses have a weird combination of being condensed enough that they don't have detailed information and being long enough that it's hard to get a high level overview of the subject matter.
I'd look elsewhere. Probably download an advanced textbook on the subject, something that is way above where you're currently at, then use university lectures to learn about specific subtopics that interest you.
>>29245398
I listened to the history (world, US) series while working, but there's limited analysis and was a bit biased in certain ways, but still pretty good.
It's definitely a commendable project, and I've been meaning to check out the other series they offer when I have the chance. I feel compelled to take notes when listening to more detailed topics though, so I tend to put that off until my own time.
>>29245455
Look at the person who's so cool and interesting for having no hobbies or a desire to learn about hobbies.
>>29245398
self proclaimed genious here
there are courses online but you should dismiss anything that doesnt go beyond surface levels, even the most intensive ones pale in comparison to what actual classes do.
In greece classes where taught with no tests and focused in preparing the student both by teaching the contents and developing a teacher - student bond. We moved from that to an industrial approach where one adult handles 6 classes of kids a day and nobody makes sure children are learning the contents. Now education is being rebranded yet again as prerecorded videos with no interaction.
I forget which philosopher said that writing down knowledge would evetually kill education and it should only be taught by word of mouth
>>29245285
1. ...Ra5+
this leads to a couple of things
2. RxRa5 bxQ!
or
2. Kg2 RxRb1!
something like this?
>>29245791
>self proclaimed genious
Please kill yourself.
>>29245809
sorry, i never played chess but i loved checkers as a kid :^)
>>29245799
Since you think that your would be putting white in check, I am assuming that you mean something different from a5, which is around the middle of the far right of the board. I think you meant Rd1+, since that is in the range of motion of the rook and a title away from the king.If you did, you are correct!
Here's another one. White to move, same deal.
>>29245791
>I forget which philosopher
I heard it associated with Socrates iirc.
Although its probably true, what's the alternative for people without access to great teachers?
Should a man devote his entire life to the pursuit of one branch of knowledge taught by a word-of-mouth or explore all avenues to learn as much as he can about everything by any means available?
Ethically speaking, Is it better to be a specialist or a generalist?
>>29246163
It is more practical to have some knowledge, rather than none. Applied self-study is sufficient. You do not have to be spoon-fed by a mentor, though it helps. A form of group study or accountability helps with pacing.
Becoming a specialist or a generalist is more of an epistemic issue than an ethical one. It's good to have generalized information sorting methods, and then follow up on the prioritized information with intensified study. Prioritize fields of study by practicality, interest, and availability while maintaining a good list of trustworthy sources for everything else
>>29246073
lmao im dumb. I did mean Rd1+
For this one.... hard one! I really had to think for it. I think this is it though.
1. Qf2+ RxQ
2. exRf2#
The extra pieces threw me off a bit (and i think i got the chess notation right this time)
>>29246310
Your notation is still a little off. Correct notation is this:
1. Qf7+ Rxf7 2. exf7#
Remember to take into consideration the orientation of the board; the reason that the numbers were small on the far, opposite end of the board last puzzle is due to the fact that you were playing as black, and black is always starts on 7/8. Since you were playing as white this time, the lower end of the board was row 1.
The attached picture illustrates what I explained above; coordinates depend on which side you're playing/the orientation of the board.
>>29246163
>what's the alternative for people without access to great teachers?
im not proposing an alternative to the current education sistem, im warning you about a threath to the future one, we already see it in the form of quotas, our current society doesnt value capacity and seems to belive innovators are born and not made, i can see the amount of subjects raise and the quality of the education and requirements for a passing grade get lowered in the future wich are not two but three wrongs.
That being said education should be accesible to people at any point in life and learned at your own pace and whenever you want to after middleschool, people get hired not because of education but specialization anyways so that one can be paid only.
There should be as many subjects as there can be but not such a thing as a diploma, driving and office are today more important than any subject save for math. Test by themselves are a good idea but not as a standar, to finish a class test should only be ome of the available options, in school projects and even participation should also be options depending on the subject, all test should be open book but with books the student has never read and with people monitoring them to check they dont read an entire chapter
>>29246475
Ah damn. Thanks a lot! Chess notation was never my strongest suit. Kinda funny though that I had the exact opposite notation.
I guess it's a half-solve?
>>29246310
>>29246475
Your answer was correct, by the way. Here's another one. White to move.
>>29246517
1. Rc8 Rxc8
2. Rc8+ Qxc8
3. Qh8+ Ke7
4. Qxc8!!
I think this is it.Sorry but I really like chess puzzles
>>29244996
You move white queen over to the row diagonally with the black King. I'll call it cuckmate.
I know a lot about history. Can someone help me with programming or music? Specifically piano, specifically ear training
Any of y'all play dat nip game go? Chess ain't do it fur me, too much me-mo-ri-zashun
>>29246699
>apologizing for liking chess puzzles
Spot-on notation this time, and your solution is pretty good. It is not the """""solution""""", but it is just as good and pretty close. What I have is this:
1. Rc8 Rxc8 2. Qh8+ Ke7 3. Rxc8 ...
I believe that the key stops there because, regardless of what black does next, they are at a loss. Taking the rook is the only move that prevents checkmate, though.
That was the most difficult puzzle that I currently have on my computer. I do have more on my phone, though, and I will transfer them over very soon.
>>29246804
Nope; there's a piece in the way.
>>29244447
>tfw Wittgenstein makes you realize if you had been born into a prominent 19th/20th century family your autism would have made you a successful academic.
On the topic of Music, If someone smart could give me some pointers on Sweep picking, that'd be pretty dope
I'd love for some more advice on chess, I'm a sore loser, so the solution is not to lose!
>>29243779
We get it you've watched Sargon of Akkad.
>>29247029
>>29246699
Here's another puzzle. Sorry that it isn't nicely cropped like the rest; I haven't had the opportunity to make the rest of them look nice yet.
>>29247151
What would you like to know?
Try some of my puzzles, starting from the earlier ones and not peeking at the answers.
>>29247111
Sweep picking is a fluid motion, don't be tense. It's also a little easier if you hold the pick closer to the back. I would not reccomend any picks thicker than 100mm. Hope it helps
>>29244956
1. e5, dxe5
2 qxd8+ kxd8
3 bxf6+ kc7
4 bxh8
Is that right?
>>29242557
I am an Expert-level chess player (rating 2100), feel free to hit me up on skype at anonymous.augustus if you really want to talk about chess
>>29247111
Oh also, if you don't know this already, it is important that your hand rests on the bridge. It is stupid to try to sweep with a floating hand
>>29247197
1. ra6, qe7
2. qc6, kf6
3. kxf6, rxf6
4. qxf6, qxf6
5. rxf6
>>29247215
The answer key stops at Bxf6+, but yeah. You've got it.
>>29247305
1. Ra6 Qe7 is correct, but the rest is wrong.
Also, knights are represented by "N" since kings also start with "K".
>>29247197
I'm a little shaky on this one.
1. Ra6 Qe7
2. Qb7 ??? (I'm not sure what a response could be)
3. Nf6+?! Rxf6
4. Rxf6 ...
There's 2 moves that could be made here?
4. ...Nxf6
5. Qxe7! ... At this point you've won the Q+R for N+R. Not a bad trade.
or:
4. ...Qxf6
5. Qxd6+ ...
Even trade but forces Black into a bad position since you end up putting him into check at the end.
I'm probably completely off the mark, but at least I explained my logic?!
>>29247506
Forgot to mentionI'm not a very good player
>>29247506
>>29247538
Who cares if you're any good or not? You're making an attempt to learn; there's no fault in that.
First set of moves is good, but everything else is not.
It should be a red flag that you don't know how they would respond; ideally, your moves should be deliberate, purposefully prompting some sort of clearly identifiable response.
Also, your answer is only one of two acceptable responses in the key, and the second, in my opinion, leads to a better outcome.
Small hint:This puzzle does not take very many moves; the exact number ranges from2-4so you should be able to find an acceptable answer without doing too much work.
>>29247678
Thanks for the words of encouragementas well as the tip.How about this then?
1. Ra6 Qe7
2. Qxd7 Qxd7
3. Rf6 Rxf6
4. Nxf6+!! ...
Now you can capture the queen, and you're still a knight up
This one is pretty easy
>>29247794
That's pretty similar to my favorite of the two answers.
1. Ra7 Rf7 2. Rxd7 Rxd7 3. Qxd7 Qxd7 4. Nf6
The other solution is1. Ra6 Qe7 2. Ra7
>>29247932
>>29247794
I meant Nf6+, sorry.
Anyways, here's another one.
>>29247932
Huh. That second solution is so simple. Nice puzzle!
>>29247837
1. bxg7, qxg7
2 e8+
alternatively
1. bxg7, qxe7
2 bxh8
i eat boogers and sniff my fingers
>>29244563
Modern chess is more memorization of openings and positions than it is really inspired play. Chess wasn't as good after around the 40s insofar as there wasn't much truly inspired play outside of the greats like Fischer, Spassky
My first name is Bishop and people think I'm really good at chess
>>29247976
Thas why y'all should get to learnin go.
>>29247961
I think this one's really simple.
1. g4!! ...
No matter where the Q moves, it gets taken.
>>29247965
E7 takes Knight, turns into Knight. King is forced to move out of check, Knight takes Queen. You're now in a position where your Knight can take the room and then you're up a bishop and the game is won
>>29248023
I'm a bit embarrassed.
I didn't even notice that capture.
>>29247837
Taking a shot in the dark
1. exd8Q Qd7 2. Qa8+ Qb7 3. Be4+ K(anywhere out of the bishop's range) 4. Qxb7(which may or may not put the king in check again)
>>29247976
desu
>>29248016
Yep. Here's another.
>>29248112
Upgrading to the hard puzzles, I see.
Well. I'll take a stab.
1. Ba4 Bd7
2. b5! Qb6
3. bxNc6 ...
This way you win N for P, and applied a little bit of pressure on Q
>>29248215
Nope; not the answer. Can you explain to me why you believe Ba4 would prompt black to move Bd7?
>>29248301
I'm thinking along the lines of preventing a pinned N by moving B to block.
Now that I look at this puzzle again, it's not very well thought out on my part. It also looks like Black can easily castle. Is this part of the puzzle or is it a "gotcha!" trick?
Is black culture being promoted vigorously because its anti intellectual and consumerist?
Play with me
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
https://lichess.org/YaMUANKn
>>29248366
totes famalam
>>29247034
Nice!!
What are your favorite books, fellow Wittgenstein fan? I hope you're still monitoring the thread-- I need some quality recommendations, and you seem like just the person to have them.
>>29247151
I'm afraid I have not watched Sargon of Akkad. Did you enjoy it?
>>29248366
Sensationalism sells.
Southern culture is inherently more sensationalist, and hybridized with urban sensibilities and general cultural decay from the post-Johnsonian welfare state it's a bit of a fierce feedback loop, and a race to the bottom.
With that said, ask an old country black person what black culture is, and then ask a 20yo urban black person. You'll get radically different answers.
Hey guys! I was wondering if any of the "intellectuals" here are going to graduate school? I am applying right now and just had some questions.
>>29248566
MS Systems Engineering dropout here.
>>29248566
ask and you shall receive an original comment
>>29248566
Me too! I'm applying to Toronto soon, and am pretty scared.
I can pull a top-notch portfolio together, but I don't know what else is important.
>>29248597
>>29248596
Nice! I'm applying to a graduate degree right now and they don't require a GRE score. With that said, what admission requirement do you think they focus on instead? My GPA is a 3.97 so I'm not really worried too much about that, but I am sort of worried about my SOP. Any advice on how to get accepted would be more than appreciated!
>>29248655
what field? Your field will dictate this answer
>>29248494
I like On Certainty a lot, since it's a really good elaboration of the anti-skeptical thesis he argued for in his later epistemology.
>>29248662
Security Studies. My undergrad was in psychology.
This thread is fucking awful.
How about some actual "intellectuals" that actually study some real fields, and not fucking undergrads or highschoolers that want to pretend like they know anything. Philosophy, History, Physics, Chemistry, anything. All you grad students, share your work/gripes/stress.
Who /puremath/ in here? Currently self-studying out of this for my summer research, and the fact that I'm taking the class, next quarter. I'm pretty excited.
>>29248734
You are the most pretentious person in this thread.
>>29248685
Find a specialty or professor that interests you, email them directly at their work email, and tell them your desires and what you want to get out of graduate school.
This is a lot easier in some of the core STEM fields, but that might be a good path for you.
>>29248771
t. Highschooler that just learned about chess theory
>>29248734
whatup homie. i've mostly taken algbra and logic on a grad level with some complexity/computability sprinkled in. interested in category and eventually topos theory
>>29248810
>chess theory
>not superior game theory
I'm still right about my first statement. Enjoy your starting 60k salary, bud!
>>29248685
> Security Studies
Never heard of it. Based on Wikipedia it seems you may need to focus on verbal, which is no walk in the park. Reading lengthy detailed passages and answering questions based on them, and of course certain dictionary vocal style tests. Like the old school SAT on steroids.
The quantitative test is pretty easy, like the SAT except with a bit of trig and the like if I recall.
This was like four years ago though. In either case, take a GRE prep test if need be to get a feel for what to expect.
Also, if you don't know cursive, practice a bit. You have to copy a long statement promising not to reveal test questions or something.
>>29248848
Interestingly enough, I never took the SAT/ACT, and with the program I am looking at I don't have to take the GRE as well. However, I do appreciate your insight. I took /lit/s advice and began reading the classics to help me prepare.
>>29248809
Absolutely, I already ordered one of the professor's books from amazon and intend to read it when it comes in the mail.
>>29248734
>Philosophy, History, Physics, Chemistry, anything.
An "actual intellectual" posted a sentence fragment, hmmmmmm.
>>29248878
"I read your book and want to be your student" really does perk up these fucker's ears, I've found
>>29248878
Ah, ok. What is their admissions criteria exactly?
Worst comes to worst, you can always ask for a good word from a few department professors.
>>29243532
found the dickhead
if your left nut ever swells up real big and you are an older smoker you probably have a kidney tumor that is growing into your heart.
>>29248999
GPA, 2 letters of recommendation, SOP, resume, and a 5 page paper analyzing a quote
>mfw a coworker said he was going to "tear my philosophy apart"
>mfw he didn't know who fucking Niezche was, of all entry level philosophers
You never actually get out of high school. College is high school 2.0, and the job is high school 3.0. The same dumbasses you've always had to deal with just follow you from place to place.
>>29249078
What's your philosophy that he disliked so much?
>>29249078
What's your philosophy? original
>>29249078
>the job
>not "a job"
Is there only one job that exists?
>>29247151
sargon is libertarian as fuck though
Guys, this is baked wild sea bass with lemon caper dressing, sauteed watercress with a light ginger marinade and yukon potato medallions with a rosemary-ghee glaze.
What type of wine should I serve to a bipolar-type I in acute mania phase? Would a Napa County Pinot Grigio be okay?
>>29249183
Sancerre or a Pouilly Fume
>>29249183
Serve straight everclear.
>>29249270
Thanks but I can't find either of those at the ghetto-ass liquor stores here. I'll just go with a domestic Sauv Blanc
>>29249278
Uncouth.
And downright reckless considering his unpredictable condition.
>intellectual discussion thread
>people still can't stop themselves from responding to underage shitposters right off the bat
So much for that.I'd literally slay a nigga if it meant I could have old9k back.
>>29249370
Serve. Straight. Everclear.
S U P R E M E B E V E R A G E
>>29249370
>Uncouth. And downright reckless considering his unpredictable condition.
Do not pass Intermediate School grammar. Do not collect $200.
This thread is so cringy
I hope most of you are being ironic
>>29249118
>>29249122
It wasn't even that, it was stupid. We were at a ball game, and since I was mainly there to get drunk, I was drinking. I don't know anything about baseball. So he goes "Why do you not like baseball" and I go "because I don't really care about it that much. I have other things I care about; for example, I'm getting into philosophy -." And then he says, "Well I will tear your philosophy apart", as if it was some kind of contest. I ask him what he thinks of Beyond Good and Evil, and he says he's never heard of it. I tell him the author, and he says he's never heard of him before.
Like, I'm not much of a philosopher, but I fucking know who Niezche is and a lot of the basics that surround him. I much prefer political philosophy, as it keeps my head off of the absurd.
>>29242557
This is a good idea. I approve OP. Don't know about organizing though
>>29249126
Perhaps "work" would fit
>>29249462
Thanks for responding. Your friend sounds like a normie asshole.
>>29249431
I made a prosaic choice to be succinct.
Extra words, however correct, would lose the emphasis needed to command the requisite attention.
>>29249462
>the absurd
If you're using "absurd" as a proper noun it should be capitalized e.g. "as it keeps my head off of the Absurd".
>Perhaps "work" would fit
Why is there no punctuation in that sentence?
>>29249559
"Uncouth, and downright..." would still command plenty of attention from the reader.
>>29249618
>>29249499
I apologize, I did not mean to keep you out of the conversational chain.
