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Re:Non-obvious remote work techniques by ypeter on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:13PM (#24288367)
What I do is just not respond until they say what they want from me.

And I also do this when someone just pastes an error message without a question.

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Re:Non-obvious remote work techniques by renewiltord on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @08:04PM (#24288744)
Well, that sounds logical. I do the same, too.

1. Current work

2. Today work

3. Review for when work

4. Far future work

Everything in 1 and 2 are lined up for work. Anything without clear action items requires follow-up and clearly signals non-urgency so it's in 3 which is the end of the day. And a 4 is just intentionally forgotten.

If you stick that in your github.com/username/me/README.md then it's documented behaviour.

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Re:Non-obvious remote work techniques by natcombs on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:17PM (#24288396)
Same here. I have a “No Hello/Hi/Hey” policy. I just ignore it
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Re:Non-obvious remote work techniques by spurgu on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @08:09PM (#24288781)
Same. Or I reply "nohello.com".
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