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I found the people who took on Rust questions to be actively hostile on SO when I started learning Rust. The Reddit community was much better, so I’ve tended to
by dhosek 3y ago
I found the people who took on Rust questions to be actively hostile on SO when I started learning Rust. The Reddit community was much better, so I’ve tended to hang out there for Rust q&a. Most of my time in the Stack Overflow world these days is mostly in the more specialized StackExchange sites. tex.se tends to be pretty good, as does latin.se japanese.se seems dedicated to stomping out anything that is remotely a translation question.
- DoesntMatter22 3y agoReminds me of being on IRC in 97 asking questions about Assembly. When someone did finally respond it was "Did you read the manual yet"? It's ironic that SO became what it was replacing.
- nurettin 3y agoI was on IRC circa 2002 asking C++ questions. Next year I was the one answering. Weirdly best time of my life.
- andirk 3y agoBut did you even _try_ to read the manual? Did you lift a finger to figure out what the issue is? Some of the best answers are ones that directly quote the manual and then add clarity since manual language can be terse.
- DoesntMatter22 3y agoYes I showed him the exact page that talked about my issue and he never responded. Still a silly response. He could have answered it in 30 seconds and saved me 10 hours. I think ChatGPT is amazing foe this because you will rarely have to deal with anyone who has this type of attitude when you need help in the future