Genuinely, I think you may be getting upset about the tone more than the contents. The advice is generally good (if outdated). If you follow it you will general

Genuinely, I think you may be getting upset about the tone more than the contents. The advice is generally good (if outdated). If you follow it you will generally answer more of your own questions faster, and when you do need to ask questions they will be easier to answer because they will highlight your misunderstanding or problem. I'm saying this as some one who answers newbie programming questions on the internet. Trying to help some one who has not put any effort into understanding is taxing. > Teaching is the act of understanding where your audience is in the learning process, and leading/guiding them through that journey in a kind and patient way. The truly ignorant don't know how to ask the question. Think of a child who's first learning computer programming. Think of an adult who's studying a foreign language for the first time. Think of the questions of a child who's never experienced snow. These are all allowed - "I'm trying to learn more about <topic>, I searched for <a,b,c> and the results did not seem related, can some point me in the right direction?".