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Re:The art of asking nicely by 0xcoffee on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:55AM (#27831010)
I didn't realize how clever the title was until I finished reading the article. Love it
Re:The art of asking nicely by mineshkumar on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @09:36AM (#27832832)
What’s it mean?
Re:The art of asking nicely by kortex on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @09:46AM (#27832930)
I interpret it to mean "adding lots of superfluous adjectives makes the outcome better".
Re:The art of asking nicely by prasenjit_pro on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @02:26PM (#27836520)
Or it may be that the words connect everyone in their own domain. If a marketer reads it's kinda looks like a pitch, if a programmer reads it's kinda client, if a husband reads its like way to ask his wife, so on and so forth, Cleaver use of words.