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1. The Ferridge (theferridge@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jan-2022 10:57:30 UTC The Ferridge

   There are people out there who preach that all we need to do is be decent with one another, as if they've never met a human in their life.

   • Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal: (sotolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jan-2022 10:57:25 UTC Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal:

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     @TheFerridge Well being decent to people doesn't hurt though.

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   • MarkusL (markusl@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jan-2022 10:57:33 UTC MarkusL

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     @sotolf @TheFerridge In my experience, being friendly to a stranger doesn't guarantee that you'll get friendly behaviour in return, but being hostile is a pretty sure way of being met with hostility. In most circumstances, being friendly is a good opening gambit.

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jan-2022 10:59:09 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal:
     @markusl That's even what game theory about reiterated Prisoner's Dilemma tells us.
     
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   • MarkusL (markusl@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 14-Jan-2022 01:46:20 UTC MarkusL

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     • Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal:

     @clacke @TheFerridge @sotolf I've always been a little sceptical about the prisoners' dilemma game, because the results you get out will depend on the relative penalties of the four conditions. For example, if you reduce the sentence discount that prisoners get for ratting on each other, you reduce the likelihood that they'll do so. I'm not saying that the game is worthless: just that the results are meaningless unless you specify the starting conditions.

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