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by uberman 1907 days ago
As an example, you just posted this reply in a separate thread:

someone else> "Try to focus on the maths and avoid looking at code examples."

you > "Straight out dictatorship."

This is going to get downvoted here every time. The original post suggests attempting something and you have responded asserting that is dictatorship. Perhaps you have come here from other forums where overstating your case is the norm, but that is not needed or wanted here.

If you felt like a focus on math rather than code is wrong you could have responed with something like

"I feel the focus on math rather than code is wrong. I personally learn faster via code experimentation than attempting to read an understand dense math."

Note, I am speaking for myself above as I personally do learn faster via code experimentation (and I have a degree in mathematics). You might think about how you could have elaborated on your position without attacking the other party :-)