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		gHosts on July 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned... Consensus is NOT about everyone agrees on the solution... it's about everyone agrees that they have been heard and understood. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7282

vivekseth on July 23, 2019 [–]

That link defines what the IETF means by "rough consensus".

In this context, I think it just refers to "general agreement".

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consensus

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