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And the third sample is taken directly from StackOverflow...

Weird! It's given as [third in their "Recent questions"](https://ankuj3.wixsite.com/website-5/q-tech), but StackOverflow appears to list both that [question and answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48373718/) as being from 2018.

The SO source in question is one that I have answered, and not copied from any random source off the internet.

That doesn't give you the right to copy and paste the question without following the licensing at SO, https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/24611/is-it-legal-t... .

You are missing the attribution part from https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.

And you intend to be taken seriously as a site that will answer legal questions?

Point noted. I will change the question for one that we answered on our website, there are numerous examples:

http://helplicit.com/

Again the idea was and is to demonstrate diversity. Appreciate you pointing that out though.

So what is your plan for the 99.99999% of domains where you aren't knowledgeable?

I have a piece of paper that tells me I'm an expert in some domains, and there are more than enough straightforward questions in my field I can't answer in 42 minutes, and certainly not for $4.20, even if I was just paid minimum wage.

Not sure I quite got the piece of paper reference, but as the site suggests "If it can be done in 42, it will be done in 42"

Re your question about domains: sure we cannot cover everything at the moment. Other domains would work into our business model which will unfold over time. For the moment we'll stick to where we can bring most value :)

Well, what I was getting at is that even though I'm an "expert" I couldn't provide what you claim to be able to do.

And my field of expertise is a tiny subset of "IT". The other two fields you take questions on are "Legal" and "Finance".

Do you really think you can any non-trivial answer in those extremely broad fields?

Appreciate the point you make, but we're not claiming this to be the one stop shop for everything. Anything that we cannot do in 42 will either be politely refused or handed to someone who can. There are other platforms to hire talent for more elaborate jobs, we're not claiming to be one. Short contextual queries is where we'd be best suited to help :)

Why don’t you look it up?

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