"I thought it was obvious to you," he said. "No." | /en/2017/10/not-obvious/

yihui 2022-12-17 01:28:21

"I thought it was obvious to you," he said. "No."

https://yihui.org/en/2017/10/not-obvious/

4 Comments

giscus-bot 2022-12-17 01:28:22

Guest *Scott Kostyshak* @ 2017-10-14 17:18:15 originally posted:

I have this situation happen to me quite often. I find it helps when I ask the user to please explain how to reproduce the issue to me like I'm 5 years old. Unfortunately, some people feel their intelligence is insulted if you explain "obvious" things (e.g. "of course I knew that!"), so I wonder if that makes some people hesitant to go into details.

yihui 2022-12-17 01:28:25

I'd rather people treat me as a 5-year old when they report issues :)

Originally posted on 2017-10-15 03:42:32

giscus-bot 2022-12-17 01:28:23

Guest *Zhengkai Wang* @ 2017-10-17 01:21:45 originally posted:

In paragraph2 first sentence,maybe "often" instead "ofteh"🧐

yihui 2022-12-17 01:28:26

You can use the menu "Edit this page" on the left to help me fix anything on pretty much any of my web pages: https://yihui.name/en/2013/06/fix-typo-in-documentation/

Originally posted on 2017-10-17 02:04:25

giscus-bot 2022-12-17 01:28:27

Guest *Zhengkai Wang* @ 2017-10-17 07:32:49 originally posted:

Just done! Sorry for bothering = =

yihui 2022-12-17 01:28:29

No, no need to apologize. Thanks for the help!

Originally posted on 2017-10-18 14:46:11

giscus-bot 2022-12-17 01:28:24

Guest *Peter Baumgartner* @ 2017-10-17 23:23:19 originally posted:

I am very sorry that users like me make your work very cumbersome. Your article motivated me to reflect on the problems you mentioned in your post from my (the user) point of view. It is a somewhat philosophical/theoretical treatise of the problem written in clumsy English. https://notes.peter-baumgartner.net/2017/10/17/what-is-obvious-and-for-whom/ But maybe the article "What is obvious and for whom?" is of interest for you.

yihui 2022-12-17 01:28:28

That is a very thoughtful blog post. I learned a lot from it. Thanks for sharing!

Originally posted on 2017-10-18 14:45:47