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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by jmduke on Friday August 16, 2013 @12:54PM (#6225192)
"Personally, I like to understand problems, rather than grok them."
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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by Radix_ on Friday August 16, 2013 @03:52PM (#6226359)
The two following comments are spammy but the only real issue with jmduke's comment was the form. Had it been:

>You could also say: "Personally, I like to understand problems, rather than grok them."

It would have gotten the point across that the grandparent's comment was an unfair dig at a style of speech rather than the content of that speech.

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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by panacea on Friday August 16, 2013 @01:20PM (#6225387)
"Personally, I like people"
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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by skormos on Friday August 16, 2013 @01:39PM (#6225515)
Personally, I like persons.
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