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Re:The Four Quadrants of Conformism by auggierose on Friday July 24, 2020 @09:55AM (#23939505)
Sounds like you are conventionally-minded. ;-)
Re:The Four Quadrants of Conformism by bambax on Saturday July 25, 2020 @04:10AM (#23947564)
Disagreeing with PG on HN is rather contrarian... ;-)

That said, going against the flow as a matter of habit or policy is just as predictable as being conformist.

Yet he doesn't appear to see that, or at least doesn't address it and places in the 4th quadrant those who are always breaking the rules "because they're there"...

Re:The Four Quadrants of Conformism by auggierose on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:33AM (#23964459)
I guess it is not about being predictable or not. It is about being conformist or not.