I find some topics are much better than others on SO. It's pretty useful for Python and SQL, from my experience.

It's especially irritating when these elitist types clearly don't know as much as they think they do.

seems like a good outlet for nerdy power fantasies.

I find it to be a great resource if someone has already answered your question, especially if I find it via Google. As for asking questions, it's a bit off-putting to be immediately downvoted without explanation, and to not get a single answer.

Point is, it's good resource to free-ride but not actively participate.

That's basically the point of the site. I think SO's owners are ok with this trade off.

FWIW it wasn't always like this. I have a lot of points on SO mostly acquired about 5 years ago. Back then SO was a much friendlier, and much more interesting place to participate in. I haven't actively participated in about 3 years or so.

I've always thought this described it best: SO is a great place to find answers to your questions, but SO is a terrible place to ask questions.

It's more that it turns out that asking questions is hard.

Anyone who has had to work with others in tech knows the kind of crap you get. They don't give you the stack trace, they say 'I get an error' without giving the error message, they just say 'it doesn't work', it's not clear what they want, they post a screenshot of half a stack trace, etc...

Again, it's a constant trade off where you are balancing the asker's needs with the thousand people who find this via Google, and the people answering the question.

Did you eventually find out why you were downvoted?

Not really, but I did eventually get upvoted.

This blows my mind. Can't wait to bring this up in a code review.

Cool to see a database specializing in time series data.

No worries, Apple's got you covered with AirPods

Which last 5 hours, and also can't be charged while in use.

I guess you could buy two pairs and swap them out...?

Luckily you get a rechargeable charger that lasts up to 24 hours. Furthermore, "you can charge the charger and charge the earphones at the same time". http://www.avclub.com/article/apple-courageously-forgets-put...

So? Unless I can wear the case on my head to charge them while I use them it doesn't help.

Do Motorola and LeEco plan to omit the headphone jack on all new phones?

Sometimes I have to turn my Honda off and then on again to get it to pair properly.

Complying and taking down the legitimate links should force WB to properly review their requests.

This case is kind of funny, but something similar started happening when banks started automating foreclosures. People who were up to date on their mortgages were getting evicted from exactly the same kind of negligence WB is exhibiting here.

In his book 'Bailout', the Special Inspector General of TARP, Neil Barofsky, lists a multitude of reasons as to why so many Americans were wrongly foreclosed on by mortgage servicers.

At the top of the list was fraud and lies by the mortgage servicers, many of whom lied to homeowners and convinced them to skip payments on their homes in the hopes of qualifying for a modification, so that they could rack up late fees and then foreclose.

How does one get evicted due to a computer error? Wouldn't a rather simple court case be able to determine that X amount was being paid to be bank every month?

Banks were signing off on the erroneous foreclosures without properly reviewing them. And, if Matt Taibbi is to believed, the courts weren't of much help to the victims of fraudulent forclosures. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/matt-taibbi-courts...

You just used the words "rather simple court case" in the same sentence.