Answer by SmacL for How long should I keep trying to solve my own problem...
Search here first, and if you find a similar question that doesn't suit, ask your question here, reference the other question and say why it doesn't suit. Personally, I'd ask here and google. I'd also...
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Straight away. You'll get some reputation points and quite often I've learned more from the variety of answers and comments here than I would have learned working it out myself in isolation.Oh, and did...
View ArticleAnswer by Robert Gould for How long should I keep trying to solve my own...
If you got a question, please just ask it, even if a short google search might work. The whole point of Stackoverflow, in my mind, is to shortcut the google searching required to answer programming...
View ArticleAnswer by Franci Penov for How long should I keep trying to solve my own...
It really is up to you.I personally prefer to spend half an hour to an hour at least trying to figure it on my own, since as a side effect I usually learn quite a lot more than just the solution to my...
View ArticleAnswer by John Millikin for How long should I keep trying to solve my own...
At the least do a Google search. I've noticed numerous questions here where the accepted answer was copied verbatim from the first hit on a Google search for the question title.It's also useful to put...
View ArticleAnswer by onekidney for How long should I keep trying to solve my own problem...
I'd ask it right away. Even if you figure it out, it'll leave a trail for the next person to look it up...
View ArticleAnswer by Unkwntech for How long should I keep trying to solve my own problem...
As long as it takes you to do a good Google search, or two, to try and find the solution on your own. But in reality, it doesn't much matter as there is no conceivable way to verify that you waited at...
View ArticleHow long should I keep trying to solve my own problem before asking?
I'm just wondering what an appropriate period is for looking for an answer to a particular problem (both here and elsewhere) before asking on an SO site? Usually the questions I've asked have been...
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