Your point is good, and I upvoted gwern—not because his comment was particularly good, but because it didn’t deserve to be in the negatives.
To add on to what you said: I don’t think people on LW should be punished for telling confused newbies to do some web searching.
Edit: BTW, gwern, thanks for posting the ESR link. I found it interesting and probably useful.
Your point is good, and I upvoted gwern—not because his comment was particularly good, but because it didn’t deserve to be in the negatives.
To add on to what you said: I don’t think people on LW should be punished for telling confused newbies to do some web searching.
Edit: BTW, gwern, thanks for posting the ESR link. I found it interesting and probably useful.