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In Which AI skyrockets and Voyager is going too fast

Good morning, dear friend and reader of the current post! I am, of course, and as always, so happy and humbled to see you, and I hope to make it clear I never take it for granted. How are you, this last day of March? As for me, I am okay, I'd say. Today was alright overall, not anything on any side in particular, either good or bad. I made my college test for the March discipline, and my grade was nothing to write about, but also enough to pass me through! So it is what it is. I made myself some sweet potatoes for lunch, it was good and filling. But the trend concerning food is concerning. I have been struggling with my appetite again. At times I feel very hungry and almost like before the surgery, that is extremely concerning. I did manage to locate the approximate reason for this, and it is the protein intake deficit. I am in need of supplementation, but that is so expensive and in my household at the moment every penny counts, specially since we are barely reaching the end of th...

In Which we briefly talk about Economics, Math, and Anno 1800

Good morning everyone and happy Monday! The Tourist Season DLC is just like 36 hours away, how awesome is that? Thinking about it, I decided to write a bit about the first release of this amazing season, Docklands! But first, how are you? How is the weather? Here it varies between hot and more mild days, with rain and sun, I know my plants thrive on it. As for me, I thrive when the climate is cold, but not when it gets hotter and the sun is overwhelming, specially now that my fan is broke, much to my sadness... Well, one step at a time, perhaps it will be fixed soon. And speaking of electronics, again, let's go for Docklands!


Docklands was the first DLC of the third season of Anno, and though was a small and straightforward one, caused a true Anno Renaissance in my life, made me look for Anno videos and Anno streams, which made me have contact with guys such as Takarazuka and Itroo, as well as Pablo1713, that with his guide, helped me settle in the Arctic, one of the most difficult regions in the game, due to the dire need of coal for the heaters and so on. One thing that caught my attention on Docklands is how it incentivizes me to specialize my economy, producing high tier items in exchange for low tier ones. Of course, not necessarily, there is no right way of playing Anno, but think about it, even if value is subjective, Captain Tobias has a bigger need for Gramophones than he has for pigs, and is willing to trade just a touch of those for an insane amount of the latter. Anno is definitely not real life, I don't think it was supposed to be, even with the drawing of inspirations from our world, but it can teach you a bit about economics! How many gramophones buy 5000 pigs? Pigs that we can use for so many items in the game, if you exchange the value of gramophones for the value in money, things make yet more sense! Important to say, again, as the marginalist revolution, lead by thinkers such as Carl Menger and Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, show us, the value of a product is subjective, but the fact is, makes sense for our Toby to demand more Gramophones than he demands pigs, for so many reasons, even if it's impossible to predict human action. Anno is not real life, it is a form of making math fun for many that, like me, detest it. Computers take Math to the ultimum level, but economics and life are not math, it is so much more complex than that! Attempts to simulate it are just that, simulation. But it's fun to see how Anno mimics the international division of labor, where some places thrive offering commodities such as Coffee and Cotton (think of Imperial Brazil, for example) while others thrive offering those places more industrial items, such as machines and even bicycles! Anyway, does my monologue makes sense? One thing is for sure, Captn. Toby is one of my favorite characters in Anno! Such a nice and useful guy! Docklands may be a small DLC, but even it adds so much to the game I can't imagine 1800 without it anymore! As you guys know, I'm not too fond of bigger posts, so I should stop here, saying again that I cannot wait for the new Anno DLC coming TOMORROW! Oh my God right? It's gonna be awesome! Thank you so much for reading this post, you guys are amazing, see you again real soon!

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