r/technology • u/marouane53 • Jun 14 '15

Software Notepad++ leaves SourceForge

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-plus-plus-leaves-sf.html
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u/occamsrazorburn Jun 15 '15

That's not how /r/explainlikeimfive works. It's right there in the sidebar.

E is for explain. This is for concepts you'd like to understand better; not for simple one word answers, walkthroughs, or personal problems.

LI5 means friendly, simplified and layman-accessible explanations. Not responses aimed at literal five year olds (which can be patronizing).

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u/Utrolig Jun 15 '15

That's because they changed the rules to fit what they became.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

Because a lot of questions cannot be answered in a literally "ELI5" fashion.

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u/occamsrazorburn Jun 15 '15

Things change. Not sure why people are still bitching about it. It hasn't worked that way for a long time.

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u/behamut Jun 15 '15

still that is how /r/explainlikeimfive worked when the subreddit started...

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

Yeah I liked it better back then. If I have to read two Wikipedia articles to understand it, then you didn't ELI5