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thegrim33 2 hours ago [-]
What's interesting is the creator of the site has listed on their linkedin that they're ... wait for it ... a co-founder at some generic AI startup with the goal of using AI agents to automate away manual jobs.
forgetfreeman 8 minutes ago [-]
When did peddling dietary supplements and crypto go out of fashion?
pocksuppet 2 hours ago [-]
So he's obviously on the winning side of this transaction. Hopefully the losing side is someone who isn't you. Maybe it's a VC fund.
root-parent 57 minutes ago [-]
I grok that as the author having a sick sense of humor. I like it....
kubb 1 hours ago [-]
Understandig how the hammer falls tells you where to stand to avoid it.
whiteblossom 2 hours ago [-]
are we not all slaves to the top hat?
keybored 1 hours ago [-]
Are we the Baddies? Yes, and how interesting. I could vibe a game about that.
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Tossrock 44 minutes ago [-]
In case you're wondering, there are 106 CEOs / companies, and at 107 it just loops around.
whiteblossom 40 minutes ago [-]
PRs to add web-llm welcome ;)
though I would argue the current state is more reflective of reality...
cheers
arjie 3 hours ago [-]
Fascinating. I was able to escape the suffering by simply not purchasing a top hat. An interesting lesson that the pursuit of conspicuous consumption is the root of one’s own suffering.
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
xattt 3 hours ago [-]
Once I realized I couldn’t decline, I left the website and left the top hat on the table.
ricardobayes 2 hours ago [-]
That's easier to do in a video game, but I guess the real life analogy would be to sell it all and move off-grid to Alaska?
the_af 3 hours ago [-]
Your reply reminded me of the free game Oiligarchy by Molleindustria (which made quite a few indie hits in my opinion).
In that game, if you played "well" you ended up destroying the world. The only winning move was, indeed, not to play.
At the end a strategic defense computer is asked to play Tic Tac Toe against itself and suddenly "learns" about no-win scenarios. Then it does the same with nuclear launch scenarios, and finds that they're all no-win. It decides that nuclear war "is a strange game", and "the only winning move is not to play".
the_af 8 minutes ago [-]
Thanks, I caught the WarGames reference. Is there anyone not familiar with it? It's one of those parts of widespread internet lore (though, of course, I actually watched the movie too, back in my youth).
I very intentionally meant that it also applies to Oiligarchy, an actual game (not a movie) where the winning move was not to play :)
kbutler 1 minutes ago [-]
The real message is that, even if you don't get rich and can't buy that clothing item that is 10x your nest worth, your work can provide for your needs.
imnotyy 58 minutes ago [-]
Reminded me of a book called Finite and Infinite Games
jc4883 2 hours ago [-]
How does it come up with the CEO and business' name? I assume there's gotta be finite number and the game has to end (?) Anyways, sick game.
Tossrock 43 minutes ago [-]
There's a pre-generated list with 106 entries, and when it reaches the end of that list, it loops around.
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nprbst 3 hours ago [-]
CAWn't believe how hard this hits
juancn 2 hours ago [-]
So that's how you become a galactic civilization!
calvisitor 24 minutes ago [-]
hey when does this game end?
whiteblossom 2 minutes ago [-]
never stop grinding
RAZKOM 2 hours ago [-]
I honestly love the look of the website. It makes me want to play/make a 2d scroller.
whiteblossom 14 minutes ago [-]
thank you! and noted ;)
saaaaaam 3 hours ago [-]
Well done! Fun and satirical
ricardobayes 2 hours ago [-]
Brilliant
Yumat 3 hours ago [-]
It never ends…
Super cool concept
aselimov3 3 hours ago [-]
This is quality
dheera 3 hours ago [-]
Yep, this is basically the world today. The only difference in the real world:
"What if I told you you can buy that $10 hat today using borrowed money that you don't have, pay $1/year interest for the rest of your life until you pay it back, but you have to earn $2/year more in order to have $1/year more to pay, but to earn $2/year more, your company has to earn $3/year more"
"Oh and you also need to buy insurance for that $10 hat because it's not yours, and you have to pay us for the insurance we're going to buy in addition to the insurance you're going to buy to insure us from you, so that'll be another $1, or you have to make $2 more to have $1, or your company needs to make $3 more, so now your company needs to make $6/year more"
"Oh and we're also going to devalue the $ so you actually need to make $10/year more because a $ won't be worth that much in a couple years"
though I would argue the current state is more reflective of reality...
cheers
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
In that game, if you played "well" you ended up destroying the world. The only winning move was, indeed, not to play.
At the end a strategic defense computer is asked to play Tic Tac Toe against itself and suddenly "learns" about no-win scenarios. Then it does the same with nuclear launch scenarios, and finds that they're all no-win. It decides that nuclear war "is a strange game", and "the only winning move is not to play".
I very intentionally meant that it also applies to Oiligarchy, an actual game (not a movie) where the winning move was not to play :)
Super cool concept
"What if I told you you can buy that $10 hat today using borrowed money that you don't have, pay $1/year interest for the rest of your life until you pay it back, but you have to earn $2/year more in order to have $1/year more to pay, but to earn $2/year more, your company has to earn $3/year more"
"Oh and you also need to buy insurance for that $10 hat because it's not yours, and you have to pay us for the insurance we're going to buy in addition to the insurance you're going to buy to insure us from you, so that'll be another $1, or you have to make $2 more to have $1, or your company needs to make $3 more, so now your company needs to make $6/year more"
"Oh and we're also going to devalue the $ so you actually need to make $10/year more because a $ won't be worth that much in a couple years"