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Saw this on reddit. Comments were full of "What's an RTOS?" ... which made me sad. Real Time Operating System people.. cmon..

sametmax 9y ago
What makes me sad is the arrogance of your comment. There are 1000 of things that each of us know that you don't.
- klibertp 9y ago
  Not knowing is normal. Not learning is bad. If I don't know what RTOS is, my first reflex is to try and learn it on my own. Only if I fail this I will try to make others to give me an answer. I don't like wasting their time and making them provide the same reply for the thousandth time looks pretty wasteful to me. In this case, looking up RTOS in Google is as simple as it gets. People who ask what it is do so because they didn't try to learn this by themselves. I'm not exactly a fan of such people. I accept that they have different beliefs than me, and I try my best to be tolerant, but a sense of discomfort when dealing with people like that never leaves me. Is it arrogance too, I wonder?
  - sametmax 9y ago
    If you are in a thread about a specific topic, likely filled with people knowing what they are talking about, asking there is only natural. It's quick, prevent you from learning the wrong information by looking it up wrong, filter the essential... And last but not least, the answer will be added to the thread, allowing the next readers to find it in the right context, including search engine bots. This is as close as it gets to a win-win.
    - klibertp 9y ago
      > If you are in a thread about a specific topic, likely filled with people knowing what they are talking about, asking there is only natural. Sure. But, is it also natural and a win-win situation if your exact question is answered multiple times upthread? Shouldn't you use your browser's search function to see if it's not answered already before posting the question?
      - sametmax 9y ago
        Yeah that's fair.
taneq 9y ago
Relevant XKCD: https://www.xkcd.com/1053/ https://www.xkcd.com/1053/
- chrisweekly 9y ago
  One of my all-time favorite xkcd’s.
koonsolo 9y ago
One of the most important skills in life, is to be able to step into the shoes of someone else, and look through their eyes. It helps you in all kinds of ways: negotiation, getting a job, hiring employees, keeping others happy, having fulfilling relationships, knowing what users or customers want, etc. You need this skill in your personal life, in your job, when you start a company, etc. I suggest you try it.
module0000 9y ago
Somewhere a 12 or 13 year old is reading this for the first time and wondering what the heck a RTOS is. You were young and uninformed once too(or at least I was), and some nice people didn't tell me to RTFM, because at that point I didn't know what it would have even meant.
- lukeh 9y ago
  Yup. That was all of us once. (Well, those of us obsessed with computing at that age!)

sametmax 9y ago

What makes me sad is the arrogance of your comment. There are 1000 of things that each of us know that you don't.

klibertp 9y ago
Not knowing is normal. Not learning is bad. If I don't know what RTOS is, my first reflex is to try and learn it on my own. Only if I fail this I will try to make others to give me an answer. I don't like wasting their time and making them provide the same reply for the thousandth time looks pretty wasteful to me. In this case, looking up RTOS in Google is as simple as it gets. People who ask what it is do so because they didn't try to learn this by themselves. I'm not exactly a fan of such people. I accept that they have different beliefs than me, and I try my best to be tolerant, but a sense of discomfort when dealing with people like that never leaves me. Is it arrogance too, I wonder?
- sametmax 9y ago
  If you are in a thread about a specific topic, likely filled with people knowing what they are talking about, asking there is only natural. It's quick, prevent you from learning the wrong information by looking it up wrong, filter the essential... And last but not least, the answer will be added to the thread, allowing the next readers to find it in the right context, including search engine bots. This is as close as it gets to a win-win.
  - klibertp 9y ago
    > If you are in a thread about a specific topic, likely filled with people knowing what they are talking about, asking there is only natural. Sure. But, is it also natural and a win-win situation if your exact question is answered multiple times upthread? Shouldn't you use your browser's search function to see if it's not answered already before posting the question?
    - sametmax 9y ago
      Yeah that's fair.

taneq 9y ago

Relevant XKCD: https://www.xkcd.com/1053/ https://www.xkcd.com/1053/

chrisweekly 9y ago
One of my all-time favorite xkcd’s.

koonsolo 9y ago

One of the most important skills in life, is to be able to step into the shoes of someone else, and look through their eyes. It helps you in all kinds of ways: negotiation, getting a job, hiring employees, keeping others happy, having fulfilling relationships, knowing what users or customers want, etc. You need this skill in your personal life, in your job, when you start a company, etc. I suggest you try it.

module0000 9y ago

Somewhere a 12 or 13 year old is reading this for the first time and wondering what the heck a RTOS is. You were young and uninformed once too(or at least I was), and some nice people didn't tell me to RTFM, because at that point I didn't know what it would have even meant.

lukeh 9y ago
Yup. That was all of us once. (Well, those of us obsessed with computing at that age!)