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Merlin displays what he knows so shamelessly that he throws everyone off

the “shameless” approach is becoming a dominant strategy today. It was first popularized in modern canon by Paris Hilton, who played the “dumb blonde heiress

people were dismissive of Paris because validating her playbook would mean admitting that they were playing an inferior game

Today, it seems like punishing shamelessness only increases social rewards to the transgressor. What’s changed?

In the past, if the size of your community was finitely bounded (like a village, or an aristocratic social class), people didn’t enter or exit these communities as frequently. Under these conditions, sanctions are probably still effective, because members of the community want to be liked and accepted.

But the borders to online communities are much more fluid - perhaps even nonexistent

will backfire, because they just serve as a signaling boost for the transgressor, attracting outsiders who resonate with that person’s message.

forms the basis for an entirely new community.

A common critique of shameless people is questioning their intelligence

it doesn’t actually matter how aware that person is

The shameless person is simply a host for a set of ideas, which, like any virus

Ai sensi dell’art. 24 del Regolamento di Polizia Urbana, l’esercizio dell’attività artistica di strada non è soggetta alle disposizioni in materia di occupazione di aree e spazi pubblici

Data shouldn't live in a file on a laptop. It shouldn't be a single file on a network share. Data is a living beast. Data needs to live in a database - not an Excel file. Access should be granted for each according to their needs.

I didn't start running until I was in my late twenties, and even so I would end up in a pattern where I'd get motivated and go on a couple of runs, take a few days off, go on another run the following week, and next thing you know it's been a month since I last run. Rinse and repeat.

2024 was going to be the year that I finally did social media. Regular posting, a content calendar, a strategy, a plan for growth

I had a book coming out in April 2024

There are very few things that an author can practically do to make a book a success

AV is instantly and effortlessly circumvented: porn remains accessible through search engines, social media, messaging apps, file-sharing (direct and peer-to-peer), VPNs, proxies, and an astronomical number of adult sites — it’s conservative to estimate there are over a million.

The Coolidge effect is a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female of reproductive availability is introduced, even after sex with prior but still available sexual partners.[1][2][3][4] To a lesser extent, the effect is also seen among females with regard to their mates.