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Re:Microsoft does away with stack ranking by 300bps on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @07:53PM (#6722600)
the other thing we can do is to figure out how to "hack" likability

Actually, the key to life is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

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Re:Microsoft does away with stack ranking by gboudrias on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @10:24PM (#6723148)
Protip to all non-sociopaths: You can't fake sincerity. Trying will backfire in the long term.
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Re:Microsoft does away with stack ranking by barry-cotter on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @11:03PM (#6723267)
Oh but you can. The unfortunate thing is that keeping on faking it, while possible, is very hard.

People's ideals generally move into conformity with their actions, not the other way round. That's one of the myriad reasons being a spy sucks. If anyone reading was following the police infiltration of left wing groups scandal in the UK, with added sex and dead babies identities the unit involved had a policy of only using married men after one guy never came back. Probably gone native.

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Re:Microsoft does away with stack ranking by 300bps on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @10:33PM (#6723175)
Protip to all non-sociopaths: You can't fake sincerity. Trying will backfire in the long term.

You seem to know a lot about psychology. What do you call someone who doesn't recognize jokes?

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Re:Microsoft does away with stack ranking by mynameishere on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @11:40PM (#6723386)
What do you call someone who posts ancient, moldy quotes?
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Re:Microsoft does away with stack ranking by Aloha on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:37AM (#6724053)
How old are you guys, like 8?
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