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Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by Fnoord on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @07:15AM (#21583199)
Actually, if you are together, you might not have taken changes into account as they happen gradually. What OP meant is a means of an additional self-reflection. Which happens on top of current communication (or lack thereof).

It is also not just that the person you're with changes. You change as well, and you might not be aware of that. I mean, we all age. Society changes, too. For example, we're all running around with a PDA with a bunch of radios these days. We weren't 30 years ago.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by DoofusOfDeath on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @07:28AM (#21583290)
The self-reflection part hadn't actually occurred to me, but it makes sense.

When I met my wife, "PDA" meant "public display of affection." I prefer that to my cell phone any day, albeit not with a bunch of radios. Only a HAM operator would be into that kind of thing.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by Fnoord on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @07:33AM (#21583328)
Yeah, for my partner that is also what PDA stands for (both non-native English speakers).

As for the radio comment: cell phones, smartphones, laptops, smartwatches, IoT in general. It all has radios these days. If not merely Bluetooth or WiFi.

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