Comment by TeMPOraL
And some people, like me, are... what do you call TCP but without initial handshake? Like:
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Other person: Hi, what time was that thing?
Me: Hey, 14:00.
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Me: Hey, 14:00!
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Me: walks in their face Hey you, the thing you asked, it's at 14:00.
Other person: Yes yes, I heard you first time!
Me: boils internally, muttering to themselves so why the fsck didn't you say so?
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Please don't hang on "Hello", but for $deity's sake, confirm reception of messages, especially in analog communication.
Weirdly I really enjoyed MrBeast's line on this in his leaked internal production memo:
"Since we are on the topic of communication, written communication also does not constitute communication unless they confirm they read it."
https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/15/how-to-succeed-in-mrbe...