Ask HN: How to Be Politely Curious?
I recently started to "be more curious," which is a common piece of advice in engineering. However, I find that sometimes I ask questions that come off accidentally rude. For example, asking "why" a lot of times can come off as annoying or irrelevant. (Or, could probably be better answered by a Google search.)So my question is, how do you ask about something you're curious about in a polite...