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		AstralStorm on July 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collab... That almost never works in software jobs as workplaces are not mobile. Move a big desktop with hardware? Good luck. Try to access local state from a laptop? Does not work or is inconvenient. Multiply by number of people talking. Not talking also kills pair programming.

golergka on July 4, 2018 [–]

Why would he need to take his workplace anywhere? It's the talking people who need to take their conversation someplace else.

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