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And some people, like me, are... what do you call TCP but without initial handshake? Like: ---- Other person: Hi, what time was that thing? Me: Hey, 14:00.
by TeMPOraL 1y ago
And some people, like me, are... what do you call TCP but without initial handshake? Like:
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Other person: Hi, what time was that thing?
Me: Hey, 14:00.
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Me: Hey, 14:00!
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Me: walks in their face Hey you, the thing you asked, it's at 14:00.
Other person: Yes yes, I heard you first time!
Me: boils internally, muttering to themselves so why the fsck didn't you say so?
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Please don't hang on "Hello", but for $deity's sake, confirm reception of messages, especially in analog communication.
- simonw 1y agoWeirdly I really enjoyed MrBeast's line on this in his leaked internal production memo: "Since we are on the topic of communication, written communication also does not constitute communication unless they confirm they read it." https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/15/how-to-succeed-in-mrbeast-production/ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/15/how-to-succeed-in-mrbe...
- whoisyc 1y agoThis is why emoji responses on Slack are so useful. You can ask others to affirmatively confirm that they have read a message and they can make the confirmation without clogging up the channel with tons of text messages. And no “read receipt” as it is usually implemented would not cut it, because it only means “this message showed up on the recipient’s screen once” not that they have actually read it.