A one-sheet on posture toward the people around you The principle, and its known failure Jon Postel wrote it for computers talking to each other: send strictly correct output, accept anything you can reasonably interpret. It let a fragile early internet work despite everyone's software being slightly wrong. Engineers later turned against it. Broken implementations … Continue reading Be Conservative in What You Send, Liberal in What You Receive
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How to Read Someone’s Character Without Testing Them
The Problem with Tests In A Bronx Tale, Sonny tells young Calogero about the "door test" - watching whether a girl unlocks your door after you let her in the car. Sonny says if she doesn't reach over to unlock your side, she's not worth your time. The door test is clever, but it has … Continue reading How to Read Someone’s Character Without Testing Them
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