How to talk to anyone and why you should

Re:How to talk to anyone and why you should by cykros on Monday March 02, 2026 @09:48AM (#47218637)

I've talked to random people.

Most of them are unbearably boring, and they need to resort to alcohol and professional sports just to have anything to talk about in the first place.

Bring up ECDSA and suddenly you may as well have just beamed down from a spaceship.

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Re:How to talk to anyone and why you should by vibedev on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:30AM (#47220194)

Lol is this why you have thought about mentioning it? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214367

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Re:How to talk to anyone and why you should by DarkNova6 on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:27AM (#47219197)

Yeah... it's difficult enough to find engaging conversations with people I do know. If you want to talk for the sake of talking, there won't be a shortage of possibilities. And if you are sociable enough, people will do so.

But outside of these parameters? It's very slim picking.

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Re:How to talk to anyone and why you should by maplant on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:36AM (#47219330)

Talk about Poe's law.

I know what ECDSA is and if you brought it up in a random conversation unprompted I'd try to find your spaceship so I could escape the conversation on it.

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Re:How to talk to anyone and why you should by vibedev on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:46AM (#47219460)

Would making it less random works? Like declaring your preferred topic or at least screen your audience based on their drinking habits.

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Re:How to talk to anyone and why you should by jadenzaleski on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:10AM (#47218961)

This is the funniest thing I have heard all day today thank you for this.

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