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tpoacherlast Wednesday at 10:51 PM1 replyview on HN

in fairness, these do not sound like "dumb" questions.

Some questions really are dumb and bring no value to the table.

The key is knowing which is which, and that is the part that comes with experience.


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noisy_boyyesterday at 1:15 AM

> Some questions really are dumb and bring no value to the table.

They do tell you that the person asking them either isn't getting it, which is valuable information, or that they are trying to ask questions for the sake of it, which is also valuable information.

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