1/ I get flak, sometimes, for telling people to google stuff instead of asking me. Why am I a mean-headed poopy pants? well, I mean, a large percent of it is that I'm an !@#-hole. No question about it.
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8/ My philosophy is that you are responsible for your own education. If you want to learn something, go research it. If, and only if, you've tried looking for data and can't find it, should you consider imposing on someone else.
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9/ This is manners (cultural norms), utilitarian ethics (you only use your own time instead of using both your own and someone else's) and virtue ethics (it is virtuous to be self actuated and to self educate). /exeunt
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11/ srs, tho, I think that part of the problem is that extroverts see "human interaction" as a BENEFIT, so asking someone is FUN - you BOTH GET TO HAVE A TIME, yapping & sharing mouth-sounds at each other all right thinking people realize, of course, that interaction is a cost
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12/ ok, interesting tangent and I'll double tangent: I think it's fine to say "hey, I googled XYZ - are you using it in the stock meaning, or is there a nuance to your use?" https://twitter.com/illiteralworst/status/1321459608293048320 …
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13/ there are some google dives that are hard, but most are easy I always google the bare term before responding "what did Google say when you googled 'XYZ' ?". https://twitter.com/ZeroBolusZero/status/1321459764820381696 …
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18/ I learned this, hard, at my first job, from a senior engineer. She'd only answer questions if I explained the first two or three things I'd tried before coming to her. https://twitter.com/illiteralworst/status/1321476382044483585 …
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