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It just occured to me, that I haven't asked anything on SO for a while now. It might even be years, the last I asked for help.

Most of the problems I come across were already faced by someone else.

Do you guys feel the same?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Last time I wrote a question - probably a couple of months ago. Last time I posted a question .... aaaaages ago.

By the time I get sufficiently frustrated to contemplate asking a question, I find the clarity that comes from stopping and trying to clearly lay out a question usually results in my figuring it out just before I hit post.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Last time I asked was in 2019. I've asked 30+ questions total, only about half of those are ever answered. I've found that, the more experienced I get, the less my questions get answered on SO. Usually because my questions are well thought out, explained incredibly well, and the problem isn't that I don't understand something. It's that my problem is one of a kind. E.g. no one else on the planet is having it. So of course I'm not going to get help for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

yeah... that's what I realized too.

If you ask basic questions - "google it yourself" ... closed!

If you ask anything specific (like in your case) - it's just crickets