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by sensanaty·2y ago·view on hn ↗
How do you expect anyone to help you if you don't know what to ask? You have to at least have a starting point, and that's usually more than enough on SO.

stackoverflow.com/users/8610114/sensanaty

Seriously just check out questions I've asked on SO. They're nothing groundbreaking, a lot of them are pretty beginner/basic questions, yet I've never really had adverse reactions to any one of my questions. Some go unanswered sure, and I might have one or two marked as dupes (they are more or less) but if you've ever browser the "new" portion of the site it's inundated with hudreds of shitty, low effort questions, so it's understandable.

SO is also an excellent jumping off point for figuring it out yourself. I've had dozens of times where I figured out a solution midway through typing a question, since you have to make good quality questions there in the first place.