AmericanEconomicThinkTank

I try to curate zines from around the world into local exhibitions, do hand translating alongside if need be, imitate the original paper best I can.

It’s kinda fun lol. That and kinda similarly, but I love♡ spending time on online software radio sites, just listening into different channels like I was there myself.

If that’s what you’re facing, maybe try thinking of it like you’re trying to get to know them a little. If you start talking about say, your recent effort to make sambal oelek for use in say noodles, asking if they’re familiar with the name, talk about how it has some origin in French cooking from the colonial period, add some info about how you like to use it etc.

Like if I’m ordering food, I’ll always go for the full pronunciation, then maybe follow up with the server or whoever asking if it’s the dish with this or that main focus.

I also love having fun with themed dinner parties with friends and the such, give full presentation on the pronunciation, it’s history in different areas that make it slightly different, give everyone a copy of the recipe (minus a few key but subtle ingredients lol) in both the original language and English.

All in all I say just try to make it a chance to be enjoyed one way or another and it doesn’t take long to get your confidence flowing lol. I totally empathize, I used to be absolutely mortified about the same thing, still do sometimes, just less so these days.

Honestly it’s mostly unconscious for me, the brain just does it’s thing sometimes.

Lmao what the fuck

Few of my personal favorites: “I’m disappointed in you” “You don’t have to be your parents you know” “Is this what you do with your free time?”

Lmao sure there are folks with all kinds of expectations of relationships, but that’s part of the fun of getting to know someone.

I’ve personally seen things from many sides, my exes have been first generation Americans, deeply religious one way or another, girly-pop fanatics or outright amazonian greasemonkeys. Way I see it, enjoy the process of meeting someone new, enriching your life and or course you enriching theirs.

Of course being online alot doesn’t do you any favors, try dropping into a few mixers, ask friends to set you up with someone, just put yourself out there and see what sticks.

I used to run in consulting circles, long enough time around execs and you start to see just how well the good ol boy clubs, and know-a-guy chains can make business deals between firms. Once you get the ball rolling on a project as a large enough entity, it doesn’t take much to consult the digital equivalent of their rolodex to find vendor upon vendor for this part, this data broker, etc.

Cheaper in bulk too.

Lmao

Oh the ag. collapse could be, at the very least, interesting.

Bad enough that the lions share of the industry will need major handouts, or more likely that farm after farm will be bought out for land-lease to former owners, and then given handouts to offset purchase price. But, the midwest corporate cash crop farms have been fighting tooth and nail against soil conservation methods just to squeeze a few extra bucks out.

I so hope we don’t end up getting into another dust bowl.

I’d highly recommend folks look at keeping up a community garden or two if possible, or helping out at one if not.

What’s the old metrics?

Private industry costs three bucks to do what public does for one.

The Department of Defense War hasn’t passed an audit for 8 years straight, high percentage of contract deliverables being immediately retired, resold domestically, or outright never delivered.

Of course they’re going to stuff their pockets as much as possible. It’s the only thing they’re actually able to do, and barely competently at that.

Modern internet for you.

It may be far from perfect, but it’s why I have such a soft spot for alternative to modern social media. If I’m going to put my through a slog of keeping these sorts of official social media accounts ip and running, I might as well make it a nicer experience.

Very true, but a happy commodity.

In a car I am in constant conflict, constant in risk.

In a plane I am but a commodity, worth only my payment.

In a bus we are a union, to endure together, and one another.

In a train we are a tribe, fortified in goals, interests, as philosophers of old.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-to-combat-fake-news-and-disinformation/

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/phase_ii_-_combatting_targeted_disinformation.pdf

https://www.un.org/en/countering-disinformation

Easy points to start with. Generally, keeping a neutral view on something new, and striving to maintain a trust but verify attitude is your absolute best bet. The more you understand global politics, especially current agendas of various nations, political groups, etc. can help to discern one bias or another. In general, giving yourself room and time to properly process any information you encounter, and especially destress yourself, makes a huge difference.

I once had a conversation about economics with a different person. Just something clicked in some other guy and sent them down a spiral.

Nope, language models by inherent nature, xannot be used to calculate. Sure theoretically you could have input parsed, with proper training, to find specific variables, input those to a database and have that data mathematically transformed back into language data.

No LLMs do actual math, they only produce the most likely output to a given input based on trained data. If I input: What is 1 plus 1?

Then given the model, most likely has trained repetition on an answer to follow that being 1 + 1 = 2, that will be the output. If it was trained on data that was 1 + 1 = 5, then that would be the output.

Pick pretty much any forum.

Might be focusing a bit too much into specific demographics here, work towards the message, impact, and readability first and foremost. That’s where the audience draw should be, it’s what will keep them reading. Sure, relatability with age can help draw some, but if you remove those small details then no impact should happen to the overall story.

Have you tried going for more of an indirect approach, say focusing on mannerisms, behavioral traits and the such to demonstrate a difference in age?

I actually help train for combating disinformation and the such, I could forward you a few docs if you’re interested in the read.

Use your words bro just talk.