Geek behaviors present during conversations (stanford.edu)
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dsteinweg Feb 9, 2010 | on: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time" | context

This comment made me think of the recent submission on geek behaviors in conversation: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1078529.

I liked that submission because I could easily identify with most of the behaviors in that list. I too often have the urge to correct someone over something arguably unimportant. It's so strange.

spiffytech Jul 21, 2010 | on: "Uh-oh. I didn't know conversation had rules." | context

I think that was Philip Guo's "Geek Behaviors" piece. He writes some pretty interesting stuff:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1078529