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[Arx]

This is mild because it's completely selfish, but I really want this drought to end so water restrictions lift. I'm sick of only showering twice a week.

[Reelya]

This is mild because it's completely selfish, but I really want this drought to end so water restrictions lift. I'm sick of only showering twice a week.

Shower once a week for a refreshing change of pace.

[hops]

I wasn't aware Africa had water. Don't you guys drink sand?

[itisnotlogical]

I coughed and hacked until a big handful of clear slime came out. Now I just keep coughing and coughing until I gag. Some health insurance would be nice right about now tbh fam fleek 100

[H4zardZ1]

Moved.

[Yoink]

Washing on the line got rained on.

[TD1]

Washing on the line got rained on.

That's just God saying "you missed a spot," then continuing to say "Ah, never mind, I'll get that for you."

[itisnotlogical]

I guess I induced vomiting by opening my mouth kinda wide and moving my tongue just so. Opened my mouth a bit wide, moved my tongue, cough cough blegh.

[Strife26]

People who are subject matter experts whom I know to be competent making a decision to quote Art of War in an academic journal.


Plz don't that, people. Sun Tzu sucks.

[hops]

Yeah, I mean, according to records, Sun Tzu most likely lost a battle and died. I'm not saying that your advice all become invalid if you fail once, but clearly it didn't help the man so much either.

[Reelya]

Plz don't that, people. Sun Tzu sucks.

The most cringeworthy thing I read was someone reviewing Sun Tzu and saying how it wasn't as good a read as they'd hoped, they'd hoped for something like the Celestine Prophecy basically.

[Sergarr]

Yeah, I mean, according to records, Sun Tzu most likely lost a battle and died. I'm not saying that your advice all become invalid if you fail once, but clearly it didn't help the man so much either.

That's why all those people should quote Alexander Suvorov, instead. Won over 60 battles, lost zero, defeated armies outnumbering his own many times with low casualties on his side, including one case where the other army was defending in a fortress, and died in bed from illness. Probably the best general Russia has ever had. And his advice is pretty seriously different from what Sun Tzu offers - his method is not of deception and mind games, but of careful, thorough preparation and intense drills, and then a very fast attack, crushing the enemy along with their "tricky" plans. Very cool.


Apparently, my dumb AI thing was not learning correctly, because I tried to accelerate its learning in a wrong way - making the simulation too low resolution for AI to properly operate it. Oh well, now that I know it, I can do something to fix it

[i2amroy]

To be honest, Sun Tzu's advice applies a lot better to court intrigue and similar "bloodless" wars than it does to the actual warfare aspect itself. Obviously they still have some application and are useful for the early stages before widespread fighting begins, but there's a reason why he says things like:
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting"
"Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting",
"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle",
and "To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill".

[hops]

I think the idea is that Sun Tzu's teachings really just apply to statecraft when it comes to war, rather than the actual act of war itself. And again, he was on the losing side so apparently he failed at that part.

[Eric Blank]

It's been a slow week of job applications. Most of the postings lately have requirements like a college degree in x, or in general, or previous experience in the field, or are simply something I couldnt really do.

There's one for sperm donations, but strangely it mandates a college degree. So my sperm needs to be educated.