Hello, beautiful beings!

This week my master's thesis was approved and I ended an important cycle of my life (now come the articles and publications that will derive from this work, plus many other years of study, of course).

In times of greatest distress I went through this site as a way to "make up" the fact that I wasn't able to play anything because of lack of time. As a result, I became a more active member of this community (but not as much) and increased my whitelist.

Speaking of lists... to celebrate my master degree I gave an amnesty to all users who were on my blacklist. Most were suspected of using bots to get into GAs, but there were one or two that had misbehaved in the past that I don't even remember because they are blocked (except for someone who was being quite inconvenient with multiple users in another website and that I blocked here too). So, if you couldn't get into my GAs before, avoid copying and pasting a repeated thank you message to every GA you join, so you don't look like a robot (i know most of you just want to be nice, and you guys are great for that, but the repeated messages are pretty suspicious) and try to be nice to people.

I was also blocked a few times here at SteamGifts. The first few times for doing GA with games that were for free on other sites (at some point I learned it wasn't "elegant" and I stopped it) and other times simply "because" (I was added to some blacklists when I made my first train, for example, and I never understood why). But I probably must have been an asshole to some people a few times, for whatever reason, even if that wasn't my intention. So if I joined your list a long time ago, consider talk to me about it (it took me a while to figure out how everything works around here).

Anyway. I've set aside some cheap games to celebrate my master's degree, all with at least 80% of the positive reviews, which you can access here.

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I know that some will be curious about my thesis, so I explain that I graduated in the area of ​​Urban Planning, with a research about the lack of formal address in the brazilian cities. For slum dwellers or homeless people, for example, not having a oficial address means that they cannot receive postal items, enroll children in schools, register or receive government assistance (at the moment, some Brazilian cities are requiring proof of address to apply Covid's vaccine, to avoid "vaccine tourism", only this leaves out residents of irregular areas, precisely the poorest and most vulnerable people in our society). For the government, the irregularity of some areas means that it will not be able to take evective actions related to basic sanitation, health, urban planing and maintenance or containment of violence, in addition to representing that part of the taxes is not properly collected (a small town with little more than 100,000 inhabitants, for example, had an increase of more than four million reais after regularizing certain informal areas and this is a significant amount that greatly increases the government's investment capacity). Anyway, the lack of addresses is bad for everyone, and in Brazil I estimate that more than 3 million homes are on streets that do not officially exist. Thats it.

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Congrats on getting that hard-earned masters degree, and thank you for celebrating your life's achievement with us! πŸŽ“πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ“πŸŽ“

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Thanks, ScourgeTM!

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Congrats, and the address thing is an interesting topic. :)

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True! Thank you, Gaffi!

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5394589464617666288&hl=ja&gl=US

The story reminds me of something like this.
Simplifying the address would be a necessary approach for humanity.
Uncertain identification by language is also a challenge.

Congratulations on your degree!(*p'Θ')πŸŽ‰

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I mentioned what3words in my work. It is very likely that these codes replace the official postal codes of each country,
facilitating access to an address. In the state where I live (SΓ£o Paulo) an agreement between the local government with Google was created to provide a similar code in rural areas. : )

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Hey congrats!
Thanks for sharing a "summary" of your thesis, very interesting/informative

(ofc, thanks also for the train ;) )

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Thanks, OniFab!

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Congratulations, in a populous country like Brazil urban planners are certainly in high demand. I hope you give the Amazon jungle some love too though :))

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Oh, this is a more complicated (and much more pressing) problem. Our environment minister recently left his post because it was found to be associated with illegal logging (some tree species are protected).

In addition to the Amazon issue we also had a giant fire in another very important biome called "Pantanal" during the current government, attributed to cattle ranchers who wanted to increase pasture areas. : (

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Congrats on getting your masters!

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Thanks, igel2005!

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good job and a great train!
copy-paste thank you message

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Hehe! Thank you, GangsterJochen!

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Congrats!

(Also holy shit, that many houses without an address? That is absolutely insane. I hope you can be part of the help that changes that :) Good luck in your future projects!)

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Apparently this is a more or less common problem in several countries. I found many references in India and in rural areas of the United States.

In the United States, apparently, residents don't want an address, because that would mean the reptilian government would have more control over their lives (seriously, i read some very crazy reports) even if it means that the emergency services take longer to find the home of someone who needs help (I saw the report of a firefighter who usually stays on the phone with the person who made the call, to find out if the siren was louder or not, to help find the house). Imagine if you are having a stroke and need to explain where you live if your street doesn't have a name. : /

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Congratulations.

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Thanks, Oppenh4imer!

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Bump! Congrats! and thank you for the train!

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Thank you, Melliuc!

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Congrats!

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Hey! Thanks, Webciu!

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Congrats on graduating as well as constructing a very nice train :)

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Hohoho! Thanks, steveywonder75!

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Congratulations!! What a rewarding sense of achievement that must have given you.

Thanks for the train, and bump!!

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Oh, it's gratifying to have academic work recognized in this way. : )

Thank you, CaptainMcCalvo!

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Congrats on the amazing feat!!! πŸ₯³ And thank you for the treats πŸ₯°

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Thank you, Whoosh! : )

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Congrats πŸŽ“

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Yay! Thanks, ormax3!

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Congrats on your masters degree, and what an important topic to delve into especially in the time of a world-wide pandemic!

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True! Thanks, YQMaoski!

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Congrats on graduating ✨✨✨

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Yay! Thanks, tucsoufle!

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Congrats for your degree (β€’β€Ώβ€’)

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Thank you, Corbian!

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Congratulations on your achievement rurnhani and thanks fro a nice train

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You are welcome, 1stCheater! interesting username, btw

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Nice accomplishment, congrats!

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Hey, SkeetSurfer! Thank you!

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Congrats on your graduation! πŸŽ‰

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Yay! Thanks, mikotomaki!

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Congratulations 🎊

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Thank you, noSim!

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Congratulations. And interesting thesis

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Oh! Thank you, quijote3000! : )

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Yay!

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Congratulations and thanks for the train

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You are welcome! Thanks, Dactir!

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