Timeline for Is it ok to ask for pointers to online resources on very specific topics?
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 11:37 | answer | added | Cjxcz Odjcayrwl | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 11:33 | comment | added | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | @JonW That's why I asked here on Meta instead of putting that question directly on SO. I'm fairly new to SO, so I felt something was wrong with my question, but at the same time I felt it was something worth asking (maybe not on SO, or not in that way, though). Since in another post on Meta I was adviced by a moderator to ask for help here on meta if I had doubts, that's what I did. | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 11:28 | comment | added | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | @AaronBertrand I wouldn't want to discuss the details of why I found that specific resource useful because probably isn't appropriate on Meta, but just to clarify that I didn't intend to bother people with "doing my homework", that resource has reference to the standards and other advantages (among which it is not MS-backed, which nowadays for C is a plus). | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 11:22 | vote | accept | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | ||
| Sep 25, 2013 at 11:19 | comment | added | JonW | Why would you ask a site that is full of technical knowledgeable people for where you can go elsewhere to get answers to stuff? That's like going into Nandos and asking where you can go to get some some spicy chicken. | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 11:18 | comment | added | Aaron Bertrand Staff | Was that resource really more complete, reliable and up-to-date than all of the version-specific official documentation? I don't know C++ by the way, but I found that resource in about a quarter of a second with very obvious search terms, no tricks, and without asking an entire community for their opinions. | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 11:10 | history | edited | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 10:44 | answer | added | Aaron BertrandStaff | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 10:43 | answer | added | Richard Tingle | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 10:42 | comment | added | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | @juergend thanks for the pointer, it confirms some of my fears, but I still have some doubts, since I'm not going to ask for a simple recommendation, but for a very specific resource, but probably the pattern is the same. | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 10:42 | comment | added | devnull | It would almost certainly be off-topic. Likely because they tend to attract opinionated answers and spam. | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 10:39 | comment | added | juergen d | meta.stackexchange.com/a/198224/172011 | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 10:37 | history | asked | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |