Doug Lenat has died

Re:Doug Lenat has died by chefandy on Saturday September 02, 2023 @08:11AM (#37360787)

Sure— the word choice was deliberate. If someone is known as a blunt person broadly, chances are they sucked at communicating appropriately.

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Re:Doug Lenat has died by chmod775 on Saturday September 02, 2023 @09:23PM (#37366923)

Germans are known as blunt. I don't think they are collectively being inappropriate.

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Re:Doug Lenat has died by chefandy on Sunday September 03, 2023 @09:36AM (#37370319)

All communication is relative to it's cultural context. Refusal or inability to operate within cultural mores is very different than having a different baseline to begin with.

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