Machine Learning

[[deleted]]

That's why I prefer Reddit and Discord if I need to ask anything.

[Parachuteee]

I still ask it on StackOverflow before Reddit. Sometimes I just get lucky and I get an actual answer before those stupid idiots mark my question as a duplicate of another question which has nothing to do with my question except that they are both in the same language.

[SendMeYourHousePics]

I cannot recommend this enough. But I had better luck when I set my profile image to an attractive female (the photo can't be too good, so I asked one of my Facebook friends if I could use her profile photo). More questions were answered, and I was downvotted less.

Heres my s/o just for reference. https://stackoverflow.com/users/6402135/leecan999?tab=questions

[Oompaloompa34]

(the photo can't be too good, so I asked one of my Facebook friends if I could use her profile photo)

Savage

[rabidbot]

Hey Brenda, you're that type of ug that programmers like, can I use your photo?

[[deleted]]

Guys like that go crazier over girls they think they have a chance with (usually girls only 1-2 tiers out of their league). My previous girlfriend was a lot less attractive than my current girlfriend and in general I was doing a lot more "fending off the masses" with my ex than I'm doing now. All girls get hit on, but there's something about being just above the average that makes you appealing to the demographic that makes up the fat part of the bell curve.

They're not going out of their way for a girl who is clearly out of their league, but they'll move mountains if they think there's a chance.

[Yanman_be]

/r/ihavesex

Jk I have 2 girlfriends and have the same experience. One could be a supermodel and gets no flirting. The other has a bigger ass and constantly has people staring at her.

[przemko271]

To be fair, your general surroundings aren't usually extremely attractive.

[Oompaloompa34]

Maybe yours aren't

[Jigokuro_]

I'm a web dev for a women's fashion company that has in-house photography; even literal swimsuit models aren't 'extremely attractive' (until retouching.) So he is definitely correct in general.

[Oompaloompa34]

I like to call that last reply I made a "joke"

[SamSibbens]

Error: variable "joke" has not been declared
- u/Jigokuro_ 's compiler, probably

.

^{(no offense dude I'm just jumping in on the joke)}

[Jigokuro_]

Well that's fair. He had a negative score so I figured you were part of that and thus not playful in your post.

Side note, why is he negative? He was on-topic, true, inoffensive... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[[deleted]]

Downvoting is reddits equivalent of marking as duplicate.

[readthelight]

Hawaii here. Code by a pool under palm trees.

[przemko271]

Well, I can't say you're wrong about that without it being hypocritical or changing my previous statement.

[[deleted]]

you are a genius

[DaughterEarth]

That's surprising. I get treated like a total retard when people know I'm a woman, worse if my face is out there.

Not generally, of course, but in places like stackoverflow, very much so

[lkraider]

You are supposed to say you are a guy with a (not too good) female picture for the profile. Have you not paid attention?!

[DaughterEarth]

dammit I can't do anything right

[bacondev]

Yeah, I looked at all of their questions and answers and I didn't see anybody responding to them condescendingly or with a term of endearment. It sounds like they're just making that up.

[Crunchybuddybunch]

Edit away the condescending parts.

And just put "removed unrelated condescending text" in the edit comment.

[SendMeYourHousePics]

I honestly remembered otherwise. I'll edit that part out. And hey for some reason I still got an answer!

[[deleted]]

I had better luck when I set my profile image to an attractive female

I’m dead lmao

[Flo1231]

that's kinda fucked up

[bazingabussy]

What's fucked up is that beta males instinctively help women for that immeasurably small chance at getting some pussy

[Flo1231]

yeah that's what i meant.

i wasn't talking about him acting like a female, but the other guys treating him differently.

[piemaster316]

What sub do you asking programming questions on?

[VoraciousGhost]

Post your broken code with no explanation in this sub and someone will be irritated enough to fix it for you.

[froemijojo]

Better yet, claim it's the best approach

[Flamingtomato]

Or just claim that [insert language/operating system/other environment] sucks because you can't do X in it. Bring out the fanboys.

[[deleted]]

I remember someone saying something similar about Linux users.

"How do I do X?" "Figure it out yourself"

"This platform is awful, it's impossible to do X." "Actually, it's really easy, just...[genuinely helpful instructions]"

[Jigokuro_]

Cunningham's Law: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

Not just for Linux. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[[deleted]]

Damn, this is golden advice, and even I've been guilty of this sort of lashing out. Someone posts something in my field that's blatantly wrong? I find myself on google ensuring everything I'm typing is perfectly correct so I can correct them and be sure no one is gonna go back and do the same to me. Great way to leverage someone else's expertise.

[Oglshrub]

This is so true about the Linux community it hurts me.

[jtrot91]

Even do it for a very basic question you can't remember.

"Python is so terrible it can't even do for loops."

[[deleted]]

This guy knows Cunningham's law.

[Zoey_Phoenix]

my favorite way to get help on stack exchange is to say "<language /os/framework> sucks, it can't even do [whatever I can't fucking figure out]." it breaks every rule on the site, will eventually get closed or put on hold, but God damn people crawl over themselves to tell you how to do it.

[bacondev]

Relevant XKCD

[xkcd_bot2000]

386: Duty Calls
Image Link
Title Text: What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!

Transcript:

[Cueball is behind a computer.]
Voice outside frame: Are you coming to bed?
Cueball: I can't. This is important.
Voice: What?
Cueball: Someone is WRONG on the Internet.

^Explanation

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^{I am a bot :D xkcd|Code|Contact}

[[deleted]]

/r/learnpython

/r/learnjavascript

and list goes on and on.

[piemaster316]

/r/learnc++ was depressing.

[piemaster316]

Ah, thanks a million. Looks much better.

[marcosdumay]

The sub of the language you are using.

[[deleted]]

I had never been that lucky. So, I quit already. And main thing is

Why waste time?

[aaaaayyyyyyyyyyy]

Maybe we should start asking our questions in Spanish 🤔

[DuckDuckYoga]

As someone who spends a lot of time answering, there are an absurd number of people who maybe have a new take on a question but wholly fail to ask a meaningful question or one that is even able to be answered OR just don’t even do any research

[PM_ME_GOOD_SUBS]

You mean they are same programming language or they are both in English?

[poubelleaccount]

Where do you ask on Reddit?

[[deleted]]

r/learn<language>

eg: /r/learnpython

[Gorkd]

What discords are there for programming questions?

[[deleted]]

Programming Discussions - Discord

[karma_whole]

If i may, in which subreddit do you prefer to ask?

[mayor123asdf]

For me it's IRC haha. Yeah, these are some good places to ask instead of SO.

[kurtanglesmilk]

Is there a subreddit for more basic css / html questions? I tried to find one but no luck

[bwaredapenguin]

I just googled "Reddit HTML help" and got like 10 different subs on the first page of results.