We no longer say RTFM, read the fucking manual, anymore. I wonder why that is. Is it because more and more projects are moving all documentation to discord?

Some projects still have manuals… But there seems to be less expectation people will familiarize themselves with manuals anymore. I wonder why

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First I’ve heard of it.

Programmer thing?

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RTFM= Read The (Fucking/Friendly) Manual

IMO it’s harsh, but reasonable to say if the documentation for something is actually clear and concise. It’s particularly relevant with software that has man pages since those are typically excellent.

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Yeah I have no clue what are they talking about

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Sounds like a programmer thing, telling noobs to read the manual

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