[sdiy] Basic tips on constructive criticism

[Scott Stites]

How wonderful, a list that combines kindergarten with Synth DIY.  How'd I
get so lucky?

> 1) Identify cleary the problem you are having with another.

This guy is beating a dead horse.

> 2) Ask "have they already made an effort to clear up this problem?"

Others have.  He hasn't.

> Ahem...then ask it again...and again..WAIT..don't hit that send key!

Hmmmm, nope, I'd still say he's at it.  I better hit that....oh, wait.

> Ask one more time and maybe do a search of the archives to see if
> anything jars your selective memory....

OK, here it is, archival records of a mass of posts on the same dead horse a
month or two ago.  Read them.  One justification post, followed by a series
of re-worded lengthy, defensive tomes along the same lines, replete with
anecdotal evidence.  Check.

> 3) Try to express continuing problems in clear concise terms, examining
> whether any of the substance of your assertion is opinion based.  FAct?

Fact:  I'd rather discharge a capacitor across my cerebrum than read another
post attempting to justify the wrong way to do it.  The more concrete facts
have been posted (repeatedly).  Read the archives.

> Who says?  Post your sources.

About the cerebrum?  Me.

The following people had certain opinions about electricity, "do bees" and
"don't bees".  Some of them were even influential.  None were politicians
AFAIK.

Faraday, Michael. Watt, James.  Ohm, George.  Henry, Joseph.  Siemens,
Werner.  Tesla, Nikola.  Fran, Miss.

> 4) Avoid posting OPINIONS that are derogatory.  Everyone is entitled to
> an opinion. But when you post it in public, you become an instant
> problem yourself.   You put yourself on the level of a politician who
> uses propoganda to try to gain favor.

I respect any opinion, deadly as it may be.

Bob - seriously:  have you considered the fact that the time it would have
taken to discharge all of the caps you've ever discharged safely through a
resistor instead of a screwdriver is probably less than the time than you've
spent writing all of the posts about it?

And if not, have you ever heard of multi-tasking?  While that cap is
discharging, do something else for crying out loud.  There's plenty to do,
really.

How 'bout them synthesizers, huh?