You’ve probably heard of it, but do yourself a favour and read Rick Reilly’s Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump – (Hachette Books, 2019)

I know little and care less about golf but this book was gripping! Reilly is a great writer and, despite my having read several other books on Trump (Mary Trump, Michael Wolff, etc), I really think Reilly’s explains Trumps method of operation better than every other attempt.

It’s absolutely shocking what he does in his day to day life. The anecdotes are piled high, the double dealing and fabrications are outrageous. Every single page contains some revelation even more odious than the previous.

A morbid fascination and dogged curiosity regarding the depths of Trump’s moral abyss will keep you tutting and eye-rolling to the end.

(Sounds like a sales pitch, I know. But I casually picked it up in a thrift shop for €1. No regrets!)

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I would argue talent isn’t even in the top ten list of important qualities for “success” in the music world.

Confirmed! A couple I knew changed flights last Month and went to Canada instead.

I agree, this is posted as news when it’s likely anecdotal or even fabricated. It plays on the American self-image as John Wayne types, when everyone in Europe knows they’re usually not very streetwise and walk around with maps and cameras talking loudly.

The other comments here are quick to jump in with opinions about how Americans don’t take any shit, implying European simps just roll over for these pesky pilferers.

It’s a real Don’t Mess with Texas vibe based on another dodgy blog article.

Is he orchestrating a buyback or what?

I think he’s one of those readers who cannot take in the content of text while focusing on reading. You’ll notice he only starts freewheeling on the last word or two of a sentence or paragraph. That’s all he’s heard.

I think I first heard this from an article by Tony Schwartz who wrote The Art of the Deal. He mentioned seeing the speeches book by Trump’s bed during one of their brief meetings about Trump’s book, which Trump took no part in.

Sounds like a great story, is there anywhere to read about it?

Dunno, but Remington did it

You’re only missing Octordle!

I’ve been on Qobuz for a while now. It’s not quite as good as Spotify when it comes to catalogue or community playlists. Other than that, I haven’t seen any AI slop or ghost musicians, and the suggestions are very human. I believe they pay about 4x royalties that Spotify does.

I sadly had to retire my Key2, easily the nicest phone I’ve owned since 1994.

I bought the Titan but returned it for being so underpowered in comparison. Is the Titan Slim2 going to improve on that?

Aristotle broke it down into:

Ethos (credibility)

Pathos (emotional appeal)

Logos (logical argument)

A little understood rule of retail is:

• Customer buys something, has neutral opinion.

• Product has a problem, customer has negative opinion.

• Company resolves problem well, customer now has positive opinion.

That’s a very important lesson for organisations to learn. A customer complaint is a golden advertising opportunity.

Balancing ethos, pathos, and logos is still the bedrock of political speeches, marketing campaigns, and courtroom arguments.

Also, beware the Sophists who argue well regardless of the truth.

Hegseth was complaining in March that ‘good soldiers’ were being kicked out because of tattoos. But I guess because he has tattoos, that’s unfair?

Now, he says standards are falling so he’s kicking people out because of beards.

So many confident takes on AI by people who’ve never opened a book on the nature of sentience, free will, intelligence, philosophy of mind, brain vs mind, etc.

There are hundreds of serious volumes on these, not to mention the plethora of casual pop science books with some of these basic thought experiments and hypotheses.

Seems like more and more incredibly shallow articles on AI are appearing every day, which is to be expected with the rapid decline of professional journalism.

It’s a bit jarring and frankly offensive to be lectured ‘at’ by people who are obviously on the first step of their journey into this space.

https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/

Works well.

The money saved could go to essential tax cuts for billionaires.