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December 2024

You can validly be seen and validated by a chatbot
There's a common sentiment saying that a chatbot can't really make you feel seen or validated.
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Trying to translate when people talk past each other
Sometimes two people are talking past each other, and I try to help them understand each other (with varying degrees of success).
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Circling as practice for “just be yourself”
I mentioned on Twitter that to a significant extent, Circling taught me what "just be yourself" means to such an extent that I have a consistently good…
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September 2024

July 2024

Games of My Childhood: The Troops
The Troops (Finnish "joukot", could also be translated as "the armies" or "the forces") was a game of pretend that I played the most with my friend…
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Indecision and internalized authority figures
A trauma book I was reading had an interesting claim that indecision is often because the person looks for the approval of an internalized authority…
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Links and brief musings for June
Links in English
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June 2024

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