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Comment by epolanski

6 hours ago

I understand that example, on the other hand, RTFM is as old as history and it can often be replaced by googling or asking LLMs.

Not saying that's the very specific case, but I regularly encounter in my daily life at work people delegating the kind of information seeking that can be done independently.

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tfrancisl  6 hours ago

No, this was in response to some questions about different approaches enterprises take to automated code quality review and complying with some arbitrary security standard out there. And this was a principal secops guy who thought the appropriate thing to do was to ask Copilot.

Being known as an RTFM type of person, I usually appreciate when a super nonspecific question is met with a link to the docs.

  • coldtea  6 hours ago

    >And this was a principal secops guy who thought the appropriate thing to do was to ask Copilot.

    Firing them on the spot and telling them: "Thanks for opening our eyes to the fact that asking you is just asking Copilot with a middleman" will send the right message to the rest...