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We no longer say RTFM, read the fucking manual, anymore. I wonder why that is. Is it because more and more projects are moving all documentation to discord?

Some projects still have manuals... But there seems to be less expectation people will familiarize themselves with manuals anymore. I wonder why

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I haven't seen a good BOFH story in forever as well...

Maybe Reddit, and Google, got good enough that you could search for your specific problem without having to know the general documentation. And the expectation simply became point me to my specific problem

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow. I'm smiling ear to ear. This is great!

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Welcome to The Reg.