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marcus_holmestoday at 12:29 AM1 replyview on HN

Also remember that each recipient of the signal will have their own reaction to it. What signals professional competence to one person can signal lickspittle corporate toadying to another.


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coldteatoday at 1:29 AM

Yes, but in aggregate, most people (or most groups of people) will arrive at the same conclusion for the same signal.

Else signals and signalling wouldn't be a thing and people wouldn't care for them, their reception would be a random scatter plot.