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| Nov 28, 2015 at 21:58 | comment | added | goldilocks Mod | @ChrisStratton We absolutely do lack expertise. I came from U&L and am regularly appalled. I could have put in much less time collecting a lot more points by staying there, which probably makes us very different people, which begs the question why you would care one way or the other. RPi.SE is not a problem; it does not stop anyone from creating anything else, WRT "what's best for everyone" I make a lot of effort to point out EE/SO/U&L. Some listen, some don't. I don't think throwing them overboard, however, will help. | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 21:53 | comment | added | WineSoaked | To the scope question, I think that keeping it tied to the market leaders (Pi here and Arduino for that board) is destined to serve the most people possible. People who come to tinker with Arduinos and RPi don't know that they could be posing their question to U&L, or EE or SO, so it inevitably falls to this community to be the bridge (and trolls) helping educate newcomers to how SE works. | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 21:49 | comment | added | WineSoaked | To the "knowledgeable folks don't ask" problem, it may be a good exercise to actively solicit some "best-of" questions that might not already exist in the community. Yeah, I get that I'm asking for people to think about the pearls of wisdom they've gleaned in the few years of working/tinkering with the Pi. | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 20:40 | comment | added | Chris Stratton | The proper places for embedded questions are Stackoverflow itself and EESE (the fact that they are distinct, and not merely tags is itself questionable, but livable). Clearly both those sites have some community flaws, but also overwhelming expertise that is so painfully lacking here and similarly on the Arduino site. As for asking questions, why would one ask what one can solve on ones own? Many sources of strong answers don't ask, while many who ask do so far before they have made any serious attempt at research or problem solving themselves. | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 20:36 | comment | added | goldilocks Mod | @ChrisStratton I'm very copacetic, but the repeated failure of the Embedded proposal is illustrative of some realities. There is nothing people working on a serious - professional level need that they cannot get from a combination of U&L/EE/SO, or non SE resources. No void to fill there. A community requires people to answer questions, but before that it requires people to ask them. It's not you (asked 0). It's not Steve (asked 3). It's not me (asked 13, 9 self-answered). This place may or may not be sustainable, but one ring to bind them all is not even feasible. They won't show. | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 17:47 | comment | added | Steve Robillard Mod | @ChrisStratton detrimental how, and again what would be the advantage to the community? How far do you suggest we take this should we cover every MCU? should we include the TI launchpads, what about the mbed platform what is similar enough and what is too far a field? The model of one site per device /platform may not scale but the failed embedded proposals argue that it does not have to. | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 17:44 | comment | added | Chris Stratton | No - the reality is that slicing too finely is extremely detrimental, as while various platforms like the pi and Arduino have unique quirks, most of the actual intended work done on them has overwhelming commonality with other embedded Linux and barebones MCU platforms respectively, and the experience and resources there are often better than those limited to a specific platform. This question ultimately exposes the fact that neither the pi nor the Arduino site should exist as distinct entities, because the model of one site per platform is not sustainable. | |
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| Nov 28, 2015 at 16:29 | history | edited | Steve RobillardMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 28, 2015 at 16:15 | comment | added | Steve Robillard Mod | @ardaozkal Shouldn't these other boards have a dedicated support channel in place to answer these questions (like the Raspberry Pi Foundations forums). It is not like if we don't do it they have no alternatives. Also, what would be the advantage(s) to the community in doing so? | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 16:07 | comment | added | ave | I don't say that StackExchange and RPi specifically should provide an answer to everyone's question. I say that you might consider providing an answer to more people. | |
| Nov 28, 2015 at 16:00 | history | answered | Steve RobillardMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |