khafra comments on How to always have interesting conversations - Less Wrong

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Comment author: khafra 17 June 2010 07:18:06PM 2 points [-]

I, for one, would really really like to see a videotape of several of your conversational attempts, if such videotape would be legal to take in your state. In fact, after reading the social awkwardness saga here, it's almost worth a ticket to Texas to walk along and observe in person.

Comment author: SilasBarta 17 June 2010 07:22:09PM 2 points [-]

PM me to schedule a time, I'll pay for the trip just so I can have a witness.

Comment author: jimrandomh 17 June 2010 07:38:39PM 0 points [-]

I'll second the request for video. Maybe a web videoconference? That's not as good as an in-person conversation (in particular, it screws up eye contact and eliminates location/distance-based signalling), but it gets around the need to travel and it's easier to film.

Comment author: SilasBarta 17 June 2010 07:46:06PM 1 point [-]

I'd love to vidchat with people. I wanted to do it a lot when I got my MacBook back in '07, but no one I knew wanted to do it and there weren't good random-stranger vidchat sites at the time.

I'll post my skype name when I get home.

But I hope you meant this as a separate measure of me than someone's "in the field" observations.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 17 June 2010 07:54:56PM 0 points [-]

I'll post my skype name when I get home.

There appears to be only one account with the name Silas Barta on skype. Is that you?

Comment author: SilasBarta 18 June 2010 01:42:47AM 0 points [-]

Skype screenname: silasxdx, and yes, I'm that Silas Barta

I'm on right now if anyone wants to vidchat. PM me if you want to set a time.

Comment author: SilasBarta 17 June 2010 07:59:20PM 0 points [-]

Sad as it may sound, I'm not sure. I haven't used it in a while.

In any case, hold your horses! Anyone who wants will be able to chat with me soon enough! ;-)