I find “How do I proceed to find out more about X” to give best results. Note: it’s important to phrase it so that they understand you are asking for an efficient algorithm to find out about X, not for them to tell you about X!
It works even if you’re completely green and talking to a prodigy in the field (which I find to be particularly hard). Otherwise you’ll get “RTFM”/”JFGI” at best or they will avoid you entirely at worst.
I find “How do I proceed to find out more about X” to give best results. Note: it’s important to phrase it so that they understand you are asking for an efficient algorithm to find out about X, not for them to tell you about X!
It works even if you’re completely green and talking to a prodigy in the field (which I find to be particularly hard). Otherwise you’ll get “RTFM”/”JFGI” at best or they will avoid you entirely at worst.