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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

True but people need to know to look to the documentation, it's not something we're born with. People learn to ride a bike, to drive a car, use their TV, etc without reading much documentation. We should educate people on how to figure things out rather than shame them for not knowing as much as you.

Don't assume everyone can learn as easily as you can or has a background that would facilitate their grasping of the topic. Here you are casually saying "just read the man page" and referencing gcc, it would take my mom a week of education to get to the point where she'd be able to understand what gcc even is and why it has a man page.

And if you don't want to help them, ignore the noobs, don't push them away.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

to be fair, the documentation that came with products used to be alot better, Ive had plenty of "manuals" come with products now that just say how to start the device and follow a setup wizard.