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Re:Things to say when you're losing a technical argument (2001) by mjfl on Friday November 05, 2021 @01:55PM (#29122606)
some people will call your bluff.
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Re:Things to say when you're losing a technical argument (2001) by anders_p on Friday November 05, 2021 @05:02PM (#29124707)
> some people will call your bluff.

Its not a bluff, when the point is to weed out the ones, who aren't willing to actually do a written proposal.

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Re:Things to say when you're losing a technical argument (2001) by romero-jk on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:23PM (#29122959)
How?

One could answer, "Sure, but that will take away time from current things that need attention."

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Re:Things to say when you're losing a technical argument (2001) by jrace on Friday November 05, 2021 @04:35PM (#29124451)
Perfect.

Its not a bluff, it is a way of weeding out the non-serious requests.

If you take the time then so will I.

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Re:Things to say when you're losing a technical argument (2001) by drawqrtz on Saturday November 06, 2021 @05:05AM (#29128617)
Man I wish that were the case. I've written way too much that has been discarded after a furtile glance. Maybe u just bad at bringing my ideas across
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