Saw this on reddit. Comments were full of "What's an RTOS?"
... which made me sad.
Real Time Operating System people.. cmon..
Real Time Operating System people.. cmon..
Not learning is bad.
If I don't know what RTOS is, my first reflex is to try and learn it on my own. Only if I fail this I will try to make others to give me an answer. I don't like wasting their time and making them provide the same reply for the thousandth time looks pretty wasteful to me.
In this case, looking up RTOS in Google is as simple as it gets. People who ask what it is do so because they didn't try to learn this by themselves.
I'm not exactly a fan of such people. I accept that they have different beliefs than me, and I try my best to be tolerant, but a sense of discomfort when dealing with people like that never leaves me. Is it arrogance too, I wonder?
This is as close as it gets to a win-win.
Sure. But, is it also natural and a win-win situation if your exact question is answered multiple times upthread? Shouldn't you use your browser's search function to see if it's not answered already before posting the question?
You need this skill in your personal life, in your job, when you start a company, etc.
I suggest you try it.