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Yep, this is generalized as the "standard litany" for bugs reports/request for assistance: https://jdebp.eu/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html https://jde
by jaclaz 8y ago
Yep, this is generalized as the "standard litany" for bugs reports/request for assistance:
https://jdebp.eu/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html https://jdebp.eu/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html
and if you don't provide that you risk to slip on a chocolate covered banana (or XY problem):
https://jdebp.eu/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html https://jdebp.eu/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.h...
- andai 8y agoThis often got me into trouble on IRC. Sure there might be a more elegant way to do it, but I'm learning here! Curiously I also regularly got into trouble for what I trying to do, not just the how.
- jaclaz 8y agoFor IRC, you need to go through the (only seemingly dated), a bit lengthy, but really exhaustive: How to ask questions the smart way ... (by Eric Steven Raymond) http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Sometimes a subtle difference in the wording of the question may make the difference from receiving one or more helpful/useful replies and getting some snarky reply.
- hyperpape 8y ago"subtle difference" To me, that's hazing. There absolutely are bad questions, but the things that make them bad are rarely subtle.
- jaclaz 8y agohttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#examples http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#examples >In the last question, notice the subtle but important difference between demanding “Give me an answer” and “Please help me figure out what additional diagnostics I can run to achieve enlightenment.”