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martin_valienteon Ask HN: How to become friendly, communicative and talkative?

Talkative: * Make a question * Hear the answer * Repeat the answer with your own words * Relate yourself with the answer: me too and... / not me, but I experienced something similar... * Repeat

martin_valienteon Ask HN: I'm way too shy, please help

Try acting or locution classes. Actors do silly exercises to take away the scenic fear. If you have been a dog or a tree in front of several people, then being human seem a lot easier.

martin_valienteon Does my company really own every idea I come up with?

I've always thought that if a company claims rights over what you do outside worktime, they should do it not only for your genial ideas, but for the bad ones too. So, if you incur in a stupid debt it must belong to the company. Your newborn baby? The company mus pay alimony. It's all or nothing!

martin_valienteon The QWERTY myth

It wasn't too expensive to change in the rest of the world, though.