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How does that distinction matter here?

kinematikk 11mo ago
It’s a different situation if you are researching something and chatting about that vs talking about something while in a bar for example
- Retr0id 11mo ago
  They are two different situations but why is the distinction meaningful here? I rarely even remember the venue of most conversations, just that it happened.
  - Forgeties79 11mo ago
    Because for a lot of us it’s hard to imagine finding a half dozen or so people who can talk in person like that outside of a conference or workplace. Discord facilitates that because it assembles people based on interests and such. You’re just going to more easily have that kind of conversation than you would “out in the real world.” My guess is they are functionally saying “this probably happened on discord if anybody is wondering how this is even possible and not made up for effect” but I might be interpreting too much
    - setopt 11mo ago
      Well it’s not so far fetched if the friends are people you studied with and have common interests with, but don’t currently work together with. I have good friends that love to discuss highly technical topics over a beer or whiskey.
      - Forgeties79 11mo ago
        My friends and I share interests but they can’t all talk about the relative pros/cons of full frame vs. cropped sensors in digital cinema with me. That’s kind of the framing here if that makes sense. We share a lot of interest and can talk in depth about certain topics, but there are plenty of topics that I am interested in or just know a lot more about that none of them can really discuss with me, so I have to find those communities elsewhere
      - esseph 11mo ago
        > I have good friends Ahhh, I see, I see...
ant6n 11mo ago
It’s easier to have very specialized friends of they are geographically far away.
- hrimfaxi 11mo ago
  I don't see what distance has to do with it. I had a number of specialized friends in close proximity at university.
  - trenchpilgrim 11mo ago
    Presumably because they all traveled there for a temporary part of their lives. And after university, they presumably scattered to the places where they built their careers and families.
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  - esseph 11mo ago
    "at university" Clearly proximity is involved
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bee_rider 11mo ago
>> A weeks ago, my friends and I were talking about the inner workings of Zen 5. We were talking about how the CPUID instruction works, and how AMD MSRs are technically editable if you ask the processor nicely. > As do we all. I think they interpreted “as do we all” as pointing out humorously that this is an unusual friend group. So, speculation that it might have formed online makes sense, because online spaces can sometimes facilitate that sort of thing.

It’s a different situation if you are researching something and chatting about that vs talking about something while in a bar for example

Retr0id 11mo ago
They are two different situations but why is the distinction meaningful here? I rarely even remember the venue of most conversations, just that it happened.
- Forgeties79 11mo ago
  Because for a lot of us it’s hard to imagine finding a half dozen or so people who can talk in person like that outside of a conference or workplace. Discord facilitates that because it assembles people based on interests and such. You’re just going to more easily have that kind of conversation than you would “out in the real world.” My guess is they are functionally saying “this probably happened on discord if anybody is wondering how this is even possible and not made up for effect” but I might be interpreting too much
  - setopt 11mo ago
    Well it’s not so far fetched if the friends are people you studied with and have common interests with, but don’t currently work together with. I have good friends that love to discuss highly technical topics over a beer or whiskey.
    - Forgeties79 11mo ago
      My friends and I share interests but they can’t all talk about the relative pros/cons of full frame vs. cropped sensors in digital cinema with me. That’s kind of the framing here if that makes sense. We share a lot of interest and can talk in depth about certain topics, but there are plenty of topics that I am interested in or just know a lot more about that none of them can really discuss with me, so I have to find those communities elsewhere
    - esseph 11mo ago
      > I have good friends Ahhh, I see, I see...

ant6n 11mo ago

It’s easier to have very specialized friends of they are geographically far away.

hrimfaxi 11mo ago
I don't see what distance has to do with it. I had a number of specialized friends in close proximity at university.
- trenchpilgrim 11mo ago
  Presumably because they all traveled there for a temporary part of their lives. And after university, they presumably scattered to the places where they built their careers and families.
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- esseph 11mo ago
  "at university" Clearly proximity is involved
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bee_rider 11mo ago

>> A weeks ago, my friends and I were talking about the inner workings of Zen 5. We were talking about how the CPUID instruction works, and how AMD MSRs are technically editable if you ask the processor nicely. > As do we all. I think they interpreted “as do we all” as pointing out humorously that this is an unusual friend group. So, speculation that it might have formed online makes sense, because online spaces can sometimes facilitate that sort of thing.