My foolish opinion about recent RTFM post
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wrote on 17 May 2021, 01:31 last edited by
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
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wrote on 17 May 2021, 04:21 last edited by
Yes...When I want your opinion I will give it to you.
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Your right of free speech does not equal an obligation for me to listen to it.
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wrote on 17 May 2021, 16:20 last edited by fcarney
It is hard when it comes to technical content. We get so knowledgeable about things we wonder why "everyone" doesn't "just know" things.
The part I have a hard time with is things that are easily searched for, or people not sharing code. Its really hard to diagnose wth is going on with "descriptions" of code. The forums are used by non-native english speakers. So often I see terms used that are not the terms I use. This makes it difficult to see what the intent of the code description. However, code itself tends to be a universal language. So a minimal example that shows the problem is very useful. It transcends the language barrier. Often times I will skip helping on posts that don't post code, or I will stop helping if code is not provided when asked for. Troubleshooting in an empty vacuum is not very good use of time.
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It is hard when it comes to technical content. We get so knowledgeable about things we wonder why "everyone" doesn't "just know" things.
The part I have a hard time with is things that are easily searched for, or people not sharing code. Its really hard to diagnose wth is going on with "descriptions" of code. The forums are used by non-native english speakers. So often I see terms used that are not the terms I use. This makes it difficult to see what the intent of the code description. However, code itself tends to be a universal language. So a minimal example that shows the problem is very useful. It transcends the language barrier. Often times I will skip helping on posts that don't post code, or I will stop helping if code is not provided when asked for. Troubleshooting in an empty vacuum is not very good use of time.
wrote on 21 May 2021, 01:56 last edited by@fcarney Well said.
Nobody in right mind expect perfect communication, but forgetting the purpose of the forum - to solve issues . and let managing take precedence is what i am ( little ) concerned about.I see how monitoring for spam became game of moving stuff around on
a whim. But I have to give a credit - no other tech forum does that.Something like
"...line up alphabetically by size..." -
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