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Re:Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion by michaelt on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:02AM (#13614367)
I'm curious - is /signaling the virtue/ of modesty different from /being/ modest?
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Re:Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion by Sunset on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:15AM (#13614597)
One can seek status by "signaling the virtue of modesty" too much, I would consider that not to be actual modesty.
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Re:Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion by paulddraper on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:04AM (#13614374)
The term is "false modesty"
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