Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "Get Better, Faster Answers by Reading What’s in Front of You" video.

  1. Yep, and I enjoy the researching, even by computer. The ONLY time is when trying to solve an issue with a project I'm working on and it kills my productivity big time.
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  2. Thanks Leo. I see these all the time and have had to lambast several folks, both here on YT, but on Quora too, among other places to use their brain, you know, that gray matter between 2 ears and behind both eyes... Some of the questions I get are so basic that a simple search online will yield the rather simple answer, but no, have to hop on say, Quora and ask the dead simple question. On the other hand, some of the info on the web is rather incorrect, or out of date as the methods to get to where the solution is gets changed with updates and the article is several revisions old, or they leave out pertinent parts of the information that makes the directions unusable as they simply do not work, so I have had to do more googling to find a working solution. At least I use my brain for what it is, but I think so many do not. Even reading of descriptions on YouTube videos goes unread, and then someone in the comments ask a question that is in the description. Irritates me to no end. Agree with another commenters on error messages, they will often say, an error occurred, or Oops, something's wrong, as if trying to hide potentially technical info, or a fault on their end or something of the sort. Makes it damn hard to find out if the error was on their end, or mine. Speaking of errors, Windows is notorious for not being clear on how to solve an issue, especially now with the BSOD. Click on the code and you'll get an error, but sometimes even that is obtuse and clear as mud.
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  3. Indeed, and it's not OUR job to have to read between the lines of such questions. I tend to do so anyway as that's how I am, but even so, I should not have to.
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  4.  @ionu4535  Oh yes, and the beauty of it is, the things you learn along the way. The internet has so much information, sadly, a lot is incorrect so must read between the lines, and try again if an article is not up to snuff. Indeed a time waster, and kills productivity.
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