Re: Most minimal configuration challenge

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2022-09-01 18:49, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> The clueless students are an essential part of the equation.
When I'm critiquing a document I deliberately become dumb.  Even if I
get it, if I think it could have been explained better I'll act as tho I 
don't
get it.

> People who are not constantly being subject to criticism often think
> it's something negative, but it isn't, it's just an opportunity to try
> something better.
In the computer world some expert writes the doc and you take it or you 
leave it.
In the  world of writers, they get together in groups and *savage* each 
other's
work, they tear each other to shreds if they think something is not written
perfectly.  Then a style editor rips thru it.  Then a copy editor rips 
it to bits
one more time.  Then the publisher cuts out half of it and makes you rewrite
the other half.
> Ultimately the people who should judge prose meant for newcomers, are
> newcomers. If they say it isn't clear, then it isn't clear.

That's exactly it.