please don't use "simply", "just" or "easy" in your docs. it's an assumption about the reader's technical level that's rarely helpful.
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Sometimes, it means: you don't have to think around the corner here, it really is the straightforward step. Which may help the reader.
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Still an assumption their experience has been same or comes from same background. Straightforward for 90% can still be weird for 10%.
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"Simply run this command" is pretty straightforward. I reject word police.
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What's wrong w/ saying, "Run this command." Agnostic, unbiased, & still clear instruction. Besides, english is shite for many on this earth.
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I suspect that this exchange is not just about linguistic advice, but a little proxy fight in a larger culture war.
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I speak only for myself. Don't care about culture wars. I *do* care about good communication across timezones. Assumptions are detrimental.
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I hear you, and I agree! Some of your readers are embroiled in these wars nonetheless, and this sets context even if we don't like it.
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Well, and honestly, are we really fighting for our "right" to sound so... all-knowing? Lol we are so human.
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