Asking questions is a skill: Lessons from 10 years of Stack Overflow

Re:Asking questions is a skill: Lessons from 10 years of Sta... by tempguy9999 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @03:53AM (#21811865)

'garbage' because those claimed hoops were never listed, strangely enough. Even when I asked for them.

> you stress that you have "a perfectly open mind" and yet when people disagree you seem to take it extremely personally

I do not take it personally. I asked for evidence. Very little was forthcoming. I've an open mind to opinions backed up by evidence. Opinion without some basis is useless or worse. QV. anti-vaxxers, chem-trailers etc. Or do you support these people's views just because they opine so? Please answer this point specifically.

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Re:Asking questions is a skill: Lessons from 10 years of Sta... by seanhunter on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:24PM (#21836985)

I'm not supporting their views at all. You said someone's comment was garbage, I asked whether that was a constructive contribution and you assume from that that I'm taking sides here, which is an example of what I'm calling "taking it personally".

Civil and open dialogue on HN is important. We can disagree about things without using dismissive language of that kind.

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