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maybit<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nullptr.rehab/@voyd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>voyd</span></a></span> yep, disregarding some other opinions that person expressed, I think Eric S. Raymond nailed it in the "How to ask questions the smart way" - <a href="https://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-quest</span><span class="invisible">ions.html</span></a></p><p>That said, the blind spot I see nowadays, is while maintainer don't owe being nice, it is better if they are.</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/EricSRaymond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricSRaymond</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/SmartQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartQuestion</span></a></p>
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