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by aschearer 3y ago
Replying so you don't feel left out -- I hadn't because I don't feel there's much left to add. I agree with you. There is more than one piece to the puzzle. We seem to agree that housing is one of the bigger pieces, thou
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by aschearer 3y ago
If "anything can be broken down to a zero sum game" just means "time is finite, react accordingly" that's all well and good. Kind of banal, though. I was hoping for something more theoretical...
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by aschearer 3y ago
You tell me.
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by aschearer 3y ago
Well don't keep it all to yourself. Break it down for me so I can understand.
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by aschearer 3y ago
I've read your comment twice and don't understand the point you're trying to make. Care to try again?
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by aschearer 3y ago
Giving and receiving love is not zero-sum. Cultivating mutual trust is not zero-sum.
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by aschearer 3y ago
I've advanced the position that 1) we should agree to tackle the root cause of the problem primarily but not exclusively and 2) we should identify and agree on what the root cause is. I'm not clear if you agree with the above. I&#
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by aschearer 3y ago
I didn't deny that homelessness is a problem, please re-read my comment. Perhaps I've been "screaming the tune" for a decade but in that time the cost of housing has gone up dramatically. In 2009 I rented a 2-br apartmen
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by aschearer 3y ago
First, I reject the notion that there are "massive, growing hordes of drug addicted zombies in west coast cities." Having lived in Seattle for over a decade, now living in Olympia, and having visited San Franscisco, Portland, and
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by aschearer 3y ago
Maybe there's a guerrilla component to it, but it's been all over the NYT recently... Definitely a full press marketing campaign. And we're falling for it with multiple posts about the films hitting the front page recently.
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by aschearer 3y ago
So much for "back the blue."
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by aschearer 3y ago
You're spot on. I recently had a similar experience discussing a topic with ChatGPT. It's the dialectic process on tap.
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by aschearer 3y ago
Ultimately it's an article of faith. A leap. If it helps, here's a metaphor: you're in a vessel in the middle of a vast, swift river. You have a paddle. Do you have control? Yes. Can you control the outcome? No. More pithily,
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by aschearer 3y ago
Binary thinking limits. Control is an illusion or at best minimal. You are not your emotions. There are seasons in life. Let the river carry you to the ocean. It's up to you how that process feels.
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by aschearer 3y ago
Voight-Kampff test here we come.
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by aschearer 3y ago
Wait until they measure TV time.
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by aschearer 3y ago
People saying that it's "easy to make games" surprise me. Are you actually trying to make something real, or is this just speculation? If you're on the sidelines or a dilettante, why speak? You're just adding noise.
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by aschearer 3y ago
What are the odds that two articles about Silicon Valley and drugs are published on the same day?
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by aschearer 3y ago
There really are talented people in this world. A bitter lesson.
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by aschearer 3y ago
Kind of blows my mind that my children will think I'm nuts when I tell them I used to get on a plane without being scanned and tagged. Or that someone use to ring up and bag my groceries. Progress!
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Practical Optimizations (For Games)(youtube.com)
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by aschearer 3y ago
Commoditize your complement -- and if it's your competitor's essential thing, all the better. PS I wish I could get the NYT to write marketing pieces for my stuff!
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by aschearer 3y ago
Strange post. Is it an ad?
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by aschearer 3y ago
That may describe your patterns but it doesn't match my lived experience with a game on Steam... I added a demo and saw sales decline. I removed the demo and saw sales increase. I've heard similar stories from others.
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by aschearer 3y ago
You and wildrhythms are asking, "How is a demo different than refunding?" 1. A demo is a promotional product. It has to have emotional beats that culminate in strong desire for more and a call to action to "Buy now!" The
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by aschearer 3y ago
As someone who makes games this strikes me as nuts. I can easily see players enjoying their 90-minutes and leaving satisfied, why pay for more? We know from achievements and other data very few players reach a game's ending. I wager th
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by aschearer 3y ago
The noble toe nail cell feels it's every bit as critical to the whole as the neuron -- who's to say?
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by aschearer 3y ago
This whole discussion highlights my original point. We're talking nonsense. > This process is an act of mystification; you separate the meaning from the direct examples, and push it into a layer of linguistic abstraction. Wha
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by aschearer 3y ago
Any number of ways. What's the issue here? This "problem" is commonplace. Even my dogs experience it, and they don't need metaphysics to resolve the tension! If you want an abstract rule to follow that always works and i
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by aschearer 3y ago
Personally, I don't see the issue. Perhaps you can help me understand? If two people / groups have different perspectives they can live and let live. If one person / group wishes to force it's view on the other then we h

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