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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by throwawinsider on Friday March 05, 2021 @08:22AM (#26356549)
It seems pretty obvious to me that should means should.

Pro tip: if you don't mean should, don't write should.

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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by Supermancho on Friday March 05, 2021 @10:40AM (#26358037)
Another pro tip: Never use the word "should".

Avoiding reasoning about the nature of your beliefs (and why others might be subject to those beliefs) is a weakness in thinking.

"Should" is also the easiest way to create a clickbait headline to argue about because there are so many individual interpretations and following justifications of "should".

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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by ghaff on Friday March 05, 2021 @11:19AM (#26358544)
Depending upon the context, "should" can run the gamut of "here's an idea that you might want to consider" to "you have a serious moral failing if you don't do things this way."
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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by carols10cents on Friday March 05, 2021 @11:05AM (#26358333)
Pro tip: the best RFC is 2119 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119
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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by account42 on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:19AM (#26383671)
Don't you mean "Pro tip: you SHOULD read RFC 2119"
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