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Closed: duplicate

Closed: RTFM, dumbass

"Nevermind I figured it out"

Or even worse, you ask an "xyz" question in the "xyz" StackExchange, then immediately get flagged as off-topic

My favourite moment was when I tried to figure a specific software issue out that had to do with obscure hardware and after hours I found one forum post detailing the solution with zero replies. And it turns out I wrote it myself, years prior and had forgotten about it.

I had a similar experience involving something dealing with RSA encryption on iOS.

I googled a command line string to do XYZ thing once, and found my own blog post.

I really do write that stuff for myself, turns out.

On IRC> Newb: I need help with <thing>. Does anyone have any experience with this?

J. Random Hacker: Why are you doing it like that?

Newb: I have <xyz> constraint in my case that necessitates this.

J. Random Hacker: This is a stupid way to do it. I'm not going to help you.

This is the way to go.