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Stack Overflow has seen a substantial decline in traffic over the last year that appears to be accelerating. https://observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the-fall-of-stack-overflow

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[–] rmam@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

answer the stupid questions.

What do you mean by "stupid questions"?

[–] malloc@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably questions that can be answered by RTFM

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

LLM has RATFM and you can ask it directly

[–] rmam@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most questions can be answered by RTFM. That does not automatically mean the questions should not be asked.

Proponents of RTFM seem to believe all manuals are written well, when that's the exception and not the norm.

If all you have to say is RTFM, everyone would be better off if you sat out the question and let others chime in. The overall posture reeks of ladder pulling.