How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (catb.org)
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Fuzzwah Jul 28, 2014 | on: How to Ask Useful Questions | context

ESR's amazing "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" is far superior to this:

http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

And the discussion that went along with it when it was posted ~3 years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2911381

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