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Comment by chowells

There are a few people who frequently have this complaint, but I don't think it's a real problem. If you actually need to do Y in a situation where most people who think they need to do Y are wrong, it's not everyone else's responsibility to divine that you are the magical case. It's your responsibility to demonstrate that you actually do know what you're doing.

This isn't something you do by discussing how unfair other people are. It's something you do by communicating the constraints you're working inside, your knowledge of more typical solutions, and why they don't work for you.

If you aren't providing that information, you're wasting the time of everyone who is voluntarily helping others. It's not their fault that you're not providing critical information for answering your question effectively.

When you're the special case, you have to communicate that fact. It's just wasting everyone's time when you expect others to know it without communication.

parent chowells 5 years ago

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