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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.

This is fair enough, but it's your own belief system. Atheism is the absence of belief in God's, nothing more.

You're free to thoughtfully pick and choose your own beliefs, in the same way religious people unconsciously do because their scriptures are so dense and contradictory.

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.