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It’s easy to show that something is incorrect, because it doesn’t meet the base requirements of the question posed, or correct because it does. It’s difficult
by setr 5y ago
It’s easy to show that something is incorrect, because it doesn’t meet the base requirements of the question posed, or correct because it does.
It’s difficult to show a correct answer is good, or the best, for the question. Many answers you find on SO both provide a correct answer, as well as try to defend against and call out potential pitfalls and assumptions. Many answers also achieve at best “technically correct”, giving something that works, but slow, error-prone, inelegant, and really just a Bad Idea.
Technically correct is mostly a waste of time, unless nothing better exists. If this user is just technically correct (he’s probably not constantly wrong because he has more points than answers), then he’s ultimately not much better than your regular shitposter.