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how much do you learn

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How much do you learn from these forums?

I'd say I learn something new almost every day. Reading people's questions and trying to provide an answer causes me to read the PHP manual more than I ever would have, and definately helps me out when coding.
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me learns lots
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It depends - sometimes conversations here are really intelligent, well-researched, knowledgable, and useful..

Other times it sounds like a caveman having an argument with a Republican about cookies.

I'd guess I learn something truly new once every two weeks, but thats mostly my fault.. I generally only read the threads that are likely to be interesting to me, which means its about topics I already know.

Although admittedly, I do read the OOP, client-side, and regex threads fairly often, and I'd consider those areas I could definitely improve in. :)
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Roja wrote: Other times it sounds like a caveman having an argument with a Republican about cookies.
I like that analogy. Reminds me of the Sluggy strip trying to explain politics...
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I'd say personally.. near flat-line for me.. however, the theory/testing boards are adding more and more as time goes..
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I only learn when people answer my problems. All the other posts usually consist of things that are too complicated for me :P
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The boards tend to 'reinforce' what I know, and extend on my knowledge of something more then teach me something completely new. Most of my learning goes on when I have a script that doesn't work and I debug it and therefor learn on my own. This is probably the best way to learn in my opinion, nothing can beat personal experience.
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feyd wrote:I'd say personally.. near flat-line for me.. however, the theory/testing boards are adding more and more as time goes..
thats because ur a freakin supra genius. i dont even understand half the intelligent stuff you throw up there, hell i dont understant any of it.

how old are you again!? jesus seriously how did you learn so much
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I also tend to only reply to things where I can grasp the full nature of what's going on.

I find in time, I tend to grasp more and more.
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shiznatix wrote:how old are you again!? jesus seriously how did you learn so much
  1. 26 :)
  2. I read the manual one time.. reference it now and then. Been writing C/C++/blah-blah professionally for 10 years now...
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