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6 Post author: robot-dreams 08 January 2015 12:37AM

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Comment author: passive_fist 08 January 2015 09:34:14AM 1 point [-]

I guess the major difference would be that dating doesn't give you rapid feedback.

Comment author: Remontoire 08 January 2015 10:28:00AM 1 point [-]

It does if you interpret James's comment to mean interactions with romantic intent.

Dating a single person for a long time is akin to managing a team of developers (sure, you don't get quick feedback) and chatting to someone you don't know in a book store is like quickly compiling something in a new language.

Comment author: robot-dreams 09 January 2015 08:19:43AM 2 points [-]

That... definitely explains my failure at "dating a single person for a long time" and my (relative) success at "chatting to someone you don't know".

Comment author: passive_fist 09 January 2015 10:37:29PM *  1 point [-]

Well, it might not really count as useful feedback if you just get a segmentation fault without any explanation what went wrong.