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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by ams6110 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:23PM (#14981927)
It seems weird to me to use online chat to talk to someone right next to you. I've done it in some situations to avoid disturbing others but it's pretty inefficient compared to face-to-face talking.
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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by wolco on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:32PM (#14982032)
The good thing about online chats is you have a history of the conversation to reference later.
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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by harveywi on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:51PM (#14984115)
This is worth its weight in gold. Add to that the ability to selectively broadcast the conversation to potentially-relevant people without mutilating the concentration of non-interested parties. Add to that the ability to forward that info to new team members years after the conversations have happened and potentially years after the originator of the answer left.
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