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I think the way to interpret the site name is not "this site is for power users only", but rather "this site is for any aspiring power user". It doesn't really matter if you're not an expert, and ...
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#2: Post edited
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matthewsnyder
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2024-02-20T22:46:05Z (9 months ago)
- I think the way to interpret the site name is not "this site is for power users only", but rather "this site is for any *aspiring* power user".
- It doesn't really matter if you're not an expert, and there isn't much of a bar for a question being too simple. If it's so simple, then it should take a minute to answer it, and that's that. I think the real common thread is people who value *learning* more about how to use computers, not how much they already know.
Really, it's a "computer questions that aren't coding" section, because coding is a very specific area, and non-coding distract from it (same with Linux). It's called Power User, much like the SX one is Superuser, because a site called "computer user" sounds kind of boring, I suspect.- >Are we allowing beginners questions from people that don't understand the core concepts of what is being asked?
- I think we have to. The vast majority of computer questions come down to not understanding the core concepts. It's very hard to imagine a situation where you understand all the core concepts relating to a problem, and yet cannot immediately see the solution. That's because computers (hardware and software) are deliberately *engineered* so that an understanding of some set of core concepts will be all you need to operate them.
- If we banned questions that don't fully grasp the core concepts, there really wouldn't be much to ask.
- I think the way to interpret the site name is not "this site is for power users only", but rather "this site is for any *aspiring* power user".
- It doesn't really matter if you're not an expert, and there isn't much of a bar for a question being too simple. If it's so simple, then it should take a minute to answer it, and that's that. I think the real common thread is people who value *learning* more about how to use computers, not how much they already know.
- Really, it's a "computer questions that aren't coding" section, because coding is a very specific area, and non-coding distracts from it (same with Linux). It's called Power User, much like the SX one is Superuser, because a site called "computer user" sounds kind of boring, I suspect.
- >Are we allowing beginners questions from people that don't understand the core concepts of what is being asked?
- I think we have to. The vast majority of computer questions come down to not understanding the core concepts. It's very hard to imagine a situation where you understand all the core concepts relating to a problem, and yet cannot immediately see the solution. That's because computers (hardware and software) are deliberately *engineered* so that an understanding of some set of core concepts will be all you need to operate them.
- If we banned questions that don't fully grasp the core concepts, there really wouldn't be much to ask.
#1: Initial revision
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matthewsnyder
·
2024-02-06T21:09:02Z (10 months ago)
I think the way to interpret the site name is not "this site is for power users only", but rather "this site is for any *aspiring* power user". It doesn't really matter if you're not an expert, and there isn't much of a bar for a question being too simple. If it's so simple, then it should take a minute to answer it, and that's that. I think the real common thread is people who value *learning* more about how to use computers, not how much they already know. Really, it's a "computer questions that aren't coding" section, because coding is a very specific area, and non-coding distract from it (same with Linux). It's called Power User, much like the SX one is Superuser, because a site called "computer user" sounds kind of boring, I suspect. >Are we allowing beginners questions from people that don't understand the core concepts of what is being asked? I think we have to. The vast majority of computer questions come down to not understanding the core concepts. It's very hard to imagine a situation where you understand all the core concepts relating to a problem, and yet cannot immediately see the solution. That's because computers (hardware and software) are deliberately *engineered* so that an understanding of some set of core concepts will be all you need to operate them. If we banned questions that don't fully grasp the core concepts, there really wouldn't be much to ask.