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by bluefirebrand 20 days ago
Sometimes part of the education is teaching people how to ask better questions, and that they need to do their research before asking you
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robocat 20 days ago
"How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" by Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen is from before AI but still seems relevant.

(HTTP) http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html

https://archive.ph/duRkf

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teddyh 20 days ago
Latest version: <http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
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iLoveOncall 20 days ago
Yes, fully agree. "Ask an LLM" does not achieve that.
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