Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread Richard Hainsworth
Here's my experience: when I'm learning a new language or software, eg., php or css or recently GRAV CMS, and I have a problem, my first action is google: . I'm sure everyone does something like this. Whenever I see a response that includes Stackoverflow, I look there first because for over

Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread Brad Gilbert
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > I replied to this one in private, but I want to make a point in public as > well. > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 4:24 PM Brad Gilbert wrote: >> >> The barrier is not with Stack Overflow. (←What I obviously meant) >> The barrier is within

Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread Brandon Allbery
I replied to this one in private, but I want to make a point in public as well. On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 4:24 PM Brad Gilbert wrote: > The barrier is not with Stack Overflow. (←What I obviously meant) > The barrier is within you. > There's an insidious assumption hidden in here: that "the

Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread Brad Gilbert
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:38 PM Brad Gilbert wrote: >> >> > The barrier is non-existent. >> >> I have only ever heard about speculated and imagined barriers. > > > This is not proof that such barriers don't exist. I hit the magic 2

Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:38 PM Brad Gilbert wrote: > > The barrier is non-existent. > > I have only ever heard about speculated and imagined barriers. > This is not proof that such barriers don't exist. I hit the magic 2 mark and lasted less than a week afterward because the rules suddenly

Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread The Sidhekin
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 9:18 PM, Brad Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Joseph Brenner wrote: > > Attention conservation: it's unlikely I'm going to say something > > interesting you haven't thought of already. > > > > A side-discussion that came up here: should you ask

Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread Brad Gilbert
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Joseph Brenner wrote: > Attention conservation: it's unlikely I'm going to say something > interesting you haven't thought of already. > > A side-discussion that came up here: should you ask questions here, or > at stackoverflow (or both here *and* at

Re: stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread JJ Merelo
Hi El mar., 12 jun. 2018 a las 20:33, Joseph Brenner () escribió: > Right, that's still another issue: it really does invariably come off > as rude if you camp out at one discussion site and try to redirect > the traffic to your own favorite one. > I think that by now it's quite clear that

stackoverflow vs the world (and perl6-users)

2018-06-12 Thread Joseph Brenner
Attention conservation: it's unlikely I'm going to say something interesting you haven't thought of already. A side-discussion that came up here: should you ask questions here, or at stackoverflow (or both here *and* at stackoverflow). I understand the argument that it's better to talk about