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I am democracy!
I am democracy!
Capitalism. I mean, probably. Sadly I’m reduced to getting all of my information from 3hr video essays these days so I’m a tad biased.
Been there, lost a lot.
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Steam DB has a pretty decent search. It’s not SQL but the filters are a bit better.
I know how you feel tho - so few consumer orgs give us an advanced search worth it’s salt. I want to have (x AND y) OR z, or maybe x AND (y OR z)… Not whichever specific combination was preordained for me.
From The One Sentence Persuasion Course by Blair Warren: “People will do anything for those who encourage their dreams, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies”
I’ve found this helpful when trying to convince anyone of anything. The book breaks it down more, of course, but is probably not worth reading Vs the various summaries you can find online.
My summary, at least what I took from it is that you must try to understand the person you are negotiating with/pursuading. Figure out what they want, or what they’re afraid of, and offer that.
Idk about latest. I deleted my FB account a while ago, but every time I see anything from there it’s bizarre AI generated crap.
Don’t forget about the soldiers with huge boots over their prosthetic legs. It’s their birthday, all 10,000 of them. So sad. Did you see the young man who made an impressive sculpture of a dog? Or how about the other 7 million of them? Dog sculpting is really taking off I hear.
Pattern recognition is one thing that our brains do, it is a very long way away from the only thing our brains do.
Jesus Christ I may have dysphoria but I don’t have thatphoria
Recycle the garbage that comes out… Still more garbage out.