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Re:Friction Between Programming Professionals and Beginners by milkytron on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @12:29PM (#11074326)
I think the point he was trying to make was don't be a dick. You can deny someone a gym lesson if you don't have time, they shouldn't be too upset about that. Or at least point them in the right direction.

And I think it's a lot easier to be a dick online, which is why programming in particular has a lot of these situations.

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Re:Friction Between Programming Professionals and Beginners by carussell on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @01:24PM (#11074747)
> And I think it's a lot easier to be a dick online, which is why programming in particular has a lot of these situations.

I think it's a lot easier to be perceived as a dick online, too, and that probably accounts for something like an equal share of the frustration that people walk away with.

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