Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AAPL” (2022)

Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by xwowsersx on Saturday September 16, 2023 @09:10PM (#37540484)

I am so with you. "Ask" drives me up a wall!

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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by xyzelement on Saturday September 16, 2023 @10:14PM (#37540816)

I find that limiting the number of things that drive you up a wall is good.

"I have something to ask of you" is not a novel term for request. And ask is softer than request, giving the other party more opening to decline. I don't hate it.

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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by gldnspud on Saturday September 16, 2023 @10:21PM (#37540852)

I think the annoyance is in the use of the word “ask” as a noun. Example: “I have an ask for you” being used instead of “I have a request for you”.

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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by xwowsersx on Saturday September 16, 2023 @10:51PM (#37541034)

Yeah we're talking here about "ask" as a noun, as in "what's the ask?"

> I find that limiting the number of things that drive you up a wall is good.

Me too, but if this is really just a way of saying "this shouldn't upset you", you should just say that. As stated, it comes across as condescending.

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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by oblio on Sunday September 17, 2023 @05:20AM (#37543094)

"Ask" the pseudo-noun.

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