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Sometimes people are asking for what they think they want because they don't know that theres a better way to solve their problem. http://xyproblem.info/ http:/

• LanceH 6y ago
  > Sometimes people are asking for what they think they want Except when they aren't, which is what I'm talking about. And you could say the same thing about the marketing speak. If you ask a question on Stackoverflow, a lot of people will give you the answer they know, regardless of the question you asked. If I ask "how do I do this with x?" The answer "Generally in this language we do it with y. Will that work?" is a proper answer If I ask "why does x panic?" The answer isn't, "do y." The answer is an insight to the programming language/operating system in question, but people just can't resist, and it is exactly like the marketing speak mentioned here.
• alpaca128 6y ago
  Assuming the person asking doesn't know what they're doing is not the best approach if you actually want to solve problems.
• deleted 6y ago
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