Comment on I wish there was a system to verify that a webpage was written by an actual human before showing me it

diptchip@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I assume everything I read on the Internet is someone’s opinion. Unless it’s about an Internet thing, by the company that made that thing.

  Like finding usage articles for Windows/office/whatever, on Microsoft’s website…

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  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Half of Microsoft’s documentation is just fanfiction anyway

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    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It very much used to be.

      Some of the newer stuff they’ve been putting out has been surprisingly good. Full explanations of how things interact, descriptions of what each option does, what options are available, how to configure things, useful examples…

      Then you get to one option called something like “-outputformat” or something and the docs literally just say “this option configures the output format”, and you fall flat on your face and perish.

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Maybe don’t take some randos blog post a face value

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