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Because on SO you: - get multiple answers - comments on the answers - up/down votes - explanations along side of the answer and I still would argue you sho
by dathinab 5y ago
Because on SO you:
- get multiple answers
- comments on the answers
- up/down votes
- explanations along side of the answer
and I still would argue you should never copy from stack overflow!! Instead understand why the answer is correct and then write your code based on that understanding, even if it produces the exact same code in the end.
- pyrale 5y agoAlso, to get answers on SO you have taken the time to elaborate a question. Building up the right question is a significant part in the process of understanding.
- emodendroket 5y agoThe vast majority of visits to SO are by people who don't even have an account. They're not asking questions themselves.
- pyrale 5y agoThey may not be authors of the question on SO, but to find that question you need to search for it, and it is not uncommon that doing so takes more than one research/thread parsing. In the end, finding the relevant SO answer is not unlike asking a good question in the first place.
- emodendroket 5y agoIf the question is more complex than "how do you do a parameterized query with ActiveRecord?" it's unlikely autocomplete is doing it for you either.