[FRIAM] Motives - Was Abduction

[Marcus Daniels]

My rule of thumb is that if they have to take time out to `identify' me, they aren't interested in a conversation anyway.   They are just interested in where/if I fit in their pecking order or in their tedious, error-prone mental filing system.   Best for both of us if we don't communicate!   Many years ago I had complex/heuristic Lisp rules in Emacs to sort incoming e-mails into categories.   But I found the e-mails I wanted to read were not from people that had rigid organizational relationships to me or followed single topics.  

On 1/8/19, 4:02 PM, "uǝlƃ ☣" <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

    FWIW, I have no idea what to call myself.  So, I often opt for "simulant", which usually requires an explanation.  Then I can yap till the cows come home about systems engineering, programming, yaddayaddayadda and let other people decide what to call me.  (It's usually not a flattering label they give me. 8^)  But Marcus is right that I would never call myself a software engineer, having been trained by actual engineers.
    
    On 1/8/19 1:57 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
    > Well, see that just proves the point.  Not only can I not speak your lion-language, I accuse you of being a gazelle.  I apologize to all you lions out there.  By the way, what DO you call yourselves?  
    
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