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A comment on Rabbit Holes: The Secret to Technical Expertise. Parent comment

Re:Rabbit Holes: The Secret to Technical Expertise by stevekemp on Monday August 26, 2019 @01:55PM (#20802113)
> You don't need to respond to every request.

True, but I feel a little bad if I don't at least say "Please write a tutorial yourself, people would be pleased".

Sometimes useful discussion occurs, but mostly it feels like "please send me the codes / do my homework for me". It's hard anyway to judge intent.

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Re:Rabbit Holes: The Secret to Technical Expertise by TheOtherHobbes on Monday August 26, 2019 @06:35PM (#20804425)
I'd love to know what percentage of the population has any interest in self-directed learning.

It may well be smaller than we hope. And HN - probably software in general - is unlikely to be representative of the population median.

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