non-committal

No, I can only believe this is a wishy-washy non-committal message, using a lot of words to avoid the topic.

They are either reciting facts, or they are totally non-committal.

The sanitized non-committal vague responses are an evolutionary response to fact American corporate culture generally doesn't handle it well, and can turn it into your problem.

Most of my previous comments were quite non-committal.

It's because it's so non-committal that I can deal with twitter...

I like having long lists of projects, but if I'm not working on them, they're on a list that I know is non-committal, so I don't feel bad about it.

(For the record, I'm non-committal in either direction, atheism or otherwise).

The first is that he comes across as stunningly tone deaf in this circumstance; unless I am reading pure calumny, it seems that he did not consider what a corrosive effect a jargon-heavy, non-committal communication style would have when dealing with people who were deeply, professionally engaged with the meaning of words.

That kind of non-committal culture (at least in the social sciences) is favored in academia because it's incredibly difficult to correctly guess or predict the future, especially when humans are the subject of research (and especially when they're aware of the prediction you're making, because they so often seem to want to prove you wrong).

I know Jacques Mattheij is some kind of folkhero here on HN, so I'll tread lightly, but I find this weak as it's years overdue and comes complete with a non-committal call to someone else doing the action- not a value in this community.

> That kind of non-committal culture (at least in the social sciences) is favored in academia because it's incredibly difficult to correctly guess or predict the future It's not actually that it's difficult to predict the future -- it's just as difficult in industry, but they try all the time!

The point of this feature is that it's good for non-committal "conversations" and very easy to engage/disengage.

The best reply if someone says something gossipy to you is a non-committal "Ahh" or "Hmm." 5.

The issue is either False positive followed by heavyweight, risky and invasive checks or the non-committal of many radiology reports "further evaluation recommended..." Basically, radiologists are more afraid of being sued for missing something then they are of being sued for being too cautious.

Its basic conclusion: online dating is great because it expands one's access to potential partners but the algorithms don't really work and the profile-based structure creates an "assessment mindset" that leads individuals to be more picky, judgmental and non-committal.