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Don't reply "just Google it" (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sith@lemmy.zip to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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It is clear that the signal to noise ratio of the WWW is getting worse. It's much harder to find good content when using a good old search engine. And if it's good it is usually hosted on Reddit or Stackexchange.

So remember, even if it's easy too Google something (well, it isn't nowadays), we want to create a fediverse of good content that helps people (I hope). So, it's always better to write a real answer if you have the time and energy. Please help boost the SNR and reverse the AI fueled information degradation loop.

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[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

make comes to mind: I can find the docs for whatever function I want to use, but I honestly have such a hard time comprehending what they mean. It's especially frustrating because I can tell that all the information is there, and it's just me not being able to understand it, so I don't want to ask others for help, cause then I'm just bothering people with a problem that I've in principle already found the answer to, I'm just not able to apply the answer.

Then again, I've heard plenty of other people complain that the cmake docs are hard to understand..

[-] sith@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can relate to this. And off the record (I know it's not always a super appreciated opinion in the Fediverse): for this kind of problem I find that LLMs help a lot.