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> Stack Overflow This is on 'Programming Language Design and Implementation Stack Exchange'[0] -- I'm not pointing this out to tell you that you're wrong -- I

by qwery 2y ago

> Stack Overflow This is on 'Programming Language Design and Implementation Stack Exchange'[0] -- I'm not pointing this out to tell you that you're wrong -- I think the various 'Stacks Exchange' often have better, more thoughtful answers than the average Stack Overflow question. [0] really rolls off the tongue

travisgriggs 2y ago
Amen to that. It’s amazing (to me) the difference in cultures of the different exchanges. I see some of the most awesome answers and explanations on aviation SE. Whereas I rarely try to post (answer or question) to SO anymore, because it feels like navigating the DMV.
smcin 2y ago
For more theoretical and pure CS stuff, yes they do since some point between ~2012-5 when SO got overrun by web developers and people grinding coding challenges. And of course the mushrooming number of specialist SE network sites [https://stackexchange.com/sites https://stackexchange.com/sites] like PLD, Theoretical CS, CodeReview, Computational Science, DBA, SWE, CrossValidated etc. + SO in several non-English languages [https://stackoverflow.com/help/non-english-questions https://stackoverflow.com/help/non-english-questions]. Even the standards of behavior between different tags on SO itself vary greatly (in terms of how well-written a question is, whether it has an MCVE, whether the OP check it wasn't a dupe and searched existing Q&A, etc.). If you want to chronicle the descent, look at Meta posts about "give me teh codez"-type questions [https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22give+me+teh+codez%22 https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22give+me+teh+codez...].
mhh__ 2y ago
Stackexchanges are some of favourite things to idly read. Short, snappy, nice LaTeX and so on. And then you sometimes you have just sublimely creative people answering e.g. Ron Maimon's answers on physics SE are a goldmine
- mhh__ 2y ago
  This is actually also the main thing I have ChatGPT write for me e.g. I can have it dial the level of mathematics to exactly where I can be bothered to tolerate (sometimes life is too short for symbols)
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- int_19h 2y ago
  Most StackExchange websites can also be read offline, since Kiwix regularly archives them: https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=stack_exchange https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=stack_exchange

by qwery 2y ago

travisgriggs 2y ago

Amen to that. It’s amazing (to me) the difference in cultures of the different exchanges. I see some of the most awesome answers and explanations on aviation SE. Whereas I rarely try to post (answer or question) to SO anymore, because it feels like navigating the DMV.

smcin 2y ago

For more theoretical and pure CS stuff, yes they do since some point between ~2012-5 when SO got overrun by web developers and people grinding coding challenges. And of course the mushrooming number of specialist SE network sites [https://stackexchange.com/sites https://stackexchange.com/sites] like PLD, Theoretical CS, CodeReview, Computational Science, DBA, SWE, CrossValidated etc. + SO in several non-English languages [https://stackoverflow.com/help/non-english-questions https://stackoverflow.com/help/non-english-questions]. Even the standards of behavior between different tags on SO itself vary greatly (in terms of how well-written a question is, whether it has an MCVE, whether the OP check it wasn't a dupe and searched existing Q&A, etc.). If you want to chronicle the descent, look at Meta posts about "give me teh codez"-type questions [https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22give+me+teh+codez%22 https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22give+me+teh+codez...].

mhh__ 2y ago

Stackexchanges are some of favourite things to idly read. Short, snappy, nice LaTeX and so on. And then you sometimes you have just sublimely creative people answering e.g. Ron Maimon's answers on physics SE are a goldmine

mhh__ 2y ago
This is actually also the main thing I have ChatGPT write for me e.g. I can have it dial the level of mathematics to exactly where I can be bothered to tolerate (sometimes life is too short for symbols)
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int_19h 2y ago
Most StackExchange websites can also be read offline, since Kiwix regularly archives them: https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=stack_exchange https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=stack_exchange