Comment by nottorp

Comment by nottorp a day ago

4 replies

Not the same thing. Copying code, even with comprehensive explanations, teaches less than writing/adjusting your own code based on advice.

elbear 19 hours ago

It can also do that if you ask it. It can give you exercises that you can solve. But you have to specifically ask, because by default it just gives you code.

  • nottorp 19 hours ago

    Of course, I originally was picking on Stack Overflow's moderation.

    Which strongly discouraged trying to teach people.

    • elbear an hour ago

      Oh, I missed that. I also missed that about StackOverflow, although I wasn't active there. It sounds like the motto of SO was "Solve problems!" instead of "Teach people how to solve problems!".

      • nikanj 31 minutes ago

        Alas, someone bungled the incentive system and a closed question counts as a solved problem