Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, June 27th, 2021 at 7:25 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Many of your answers are too elaborate to be comprehended by average human. > Especially those of us with strongly developed selective hearing/reading > skills. Relax. I was referencing a science fiction novel in response to the fact that Richard appeared to get my reference. The message wasn't even intended for you in the first place. > See if you can focus longer: > https://phys.org/news/2015-05-technology-attention-span-shorter-goldfish.html > > The point is the question and the answer should fit these realities. > If the do not, than one is probably wasting time asking or answering. > > Tomas I will restate my original point in plain english. The initial email in this thread is not well formed. The user *appears* to be asking a question, but does so in a way that makes it difficult for us to understand exactly what he wants to know. This results in people providing answers to different questions. Make sense? -Ben
Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
Many of your answers are too elaborate to be comprehended by average human. Especially those of us with strongly developed selective hearing/reading skills. See if you can focus longer: https://phys.org/news/2015-05-technology-attention-span-shorter-goldfish.html The point is the question and the answer should fit these realities. If the do not, than one is probably wasting time asking or answering. Tomas
Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, June 26th, 2021 at 1:13 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/26/2021 02:49 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > > After spending some time researching your question, I have determined that > > the answer is 42. > > That one is even older than Methuselah. Regardless of it's age it conveys a point that is very relevant to your "question". A technologically advanced society built a supercomputer to answer the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. A question so broad in scope that even the most power AI ever built needed to spend millions of years processing all variables. In the end, it determined that "42" was the answer to the question the people asked. There was just one small problem "Life, The Universe, and Everything" is not a question. It's not even a well formed sentence. It's just 3 abstract concepts placed next to each other with no purpose or direction. The Ultimate Answer made no sense because the Ultimate Question didn't make any sense. With that in mind I go back to your original "question" in this email thread... You have expressed an interest in making sure that your questions are responded to with functional and/or useful answers and yet I can't seem to find a meaningful question anywhere in your email. How will you understand my answer if you never understood the question? -Ben > > > -Ben > > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > > > On Saturday, June 26th, 2021 at 9:04 AM, Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net > > wrote: > > > > > Get the idea I've been around a while. > > > > > > The essays on "How to ask a question" focus on "defining the question". > > > > > > I'm more interested in triggering functional/useful responses. > > > > > > Suggestions &/or comments? > > > > > > TIA
Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
After spending some time researching your question, I have determined that the answer is 42. -Ben ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, June 26th, 2021 at 9:04 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Get the idea I've been around a while. > > The essays on "How to ask a question" focus on "defining the question". > > I'm more interested in triggering functional/useful responses. > > Suggestions &/or comments? > > TIA
Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
On Sat, 26 Jun 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: After spending some time researching your question, I have determined that the answer is 42. Ben, That's a given since 42 is the answer to everything in the Universe. Rich
Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
On 06/26/2021 02:49 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: After spending some time researching your question, I have determined that the answer is 42. That one is even older than Methuselah. -Ben ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, June 26th, 2021 at 9:04 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Get the idea I've been around a while. The essays on "How to ask a question" focus on "defining the question". I'm more interested in triggering functional/useful responses. Suggestions &/or comments? TIA
Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
My primary suggestion is to say: "this is my problem and these are my constraints" rather than "tell me how to execute my half-assed solution" Understand that a work-free or easy solution might not exist or might not be known by the people you are asking. Understand that all suggestions are offered in good faith, and will help you explore the solution space. Some of them are things you've already thought of and others might be novel to you. We have no way of knowing for sure which is which. It is up to you to pick the direction to try and then to execute that attempt, and you might pick the wrong one. Also, generally, when people ask questions about your question or about the context of your question, do your best to answer them. There is nothing quite so demotivating as trying to help someone, but doing so in the dark without effective feedback, for example: Suggestion, "try A". Response: "I tried B and IT DID NOT WORK", where A and B are non-intersecting. Try to say *how* it didn't work, and also, *TRY A* and say what happened. A lot of your questions, to the degree I have engaged with them, are often along the lines of: "I am not so convinced this 21st Century was such a good idea, I want to solve this problem with 1960s technology." Understand that a lot of us have moved on to at least the 1990s. Regards, Russell On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 9:04 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > > Get the idea I've been around a while. > > The essays on "How to ask a question" focus on "defining the question". > > I'm more interested in triggering functional/useful responses. > > Suggestions &/or comments? > TIA > >
Re: [PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
On Sat, 26 Jun 2021, Richard Owlett wrote: Suggestions &/or comments? Explain what you want to do? Rich
[PLUG] *NOT* "how to ask ..." *BUT* "triggering useful ..."
Get the idea I've been around a while. The essays on "How to ask a question" focus on "defining the question". I'm more interested in triggering functional/useful responses. Suggestions &/or comments? TIA
