On 7/27/25 05:33, Richard Owlett wrote:
More explicitly:
How should I [who has *ability* to hyperfocus mitigated by
distractibility {cf ADHD}] ask questions in this particular forum?
Why do I ask?
In my read with PDF related questions, my responses were essentially
"Why are you trying to do?" rather than an answer to to a narrowly
focused question.
A correct, but skew answer, could have been "to gain dietary information
to lower probability of another heart attack". Nutritionists had given
me answers that more a set of intermediary goals than actual things I
could apply to daily life.
I had discovered a USDA document[1] that came close to being useful and
was trying to think of a presentation format that would meet multiple
goals. I hadn't yet determined that format, thus could not answer
questions being asked.
In the meantime [GRIN]
I have discovered the source documents[2][3] used in preparing the
above. Now I have to relearn how to extract specific content from
spreadsheets. Something I haven't done in close to two decades.
But *THE* question remains.
How to ask narrowly focused questions which will get answers in this forum?
TIA
You can't. We are all real people with our own ideas and ways of doing
things. We are all busy with many things and don't have the background
you have developed for your problem. Maybe you could lighten up a bit
and cut us some slack.
Some of the information you receive might not solve your problem but
might be useful for some other problem you have later on. I keep a file
that I use to hold interesting bits from all the Debian and Devuan
emails that might be useful later on.
Best regards,
Fred
[1] Specifically Table A4.14 of _Thrifty Food Plan, 2021_
https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/
TFP2021.pdf
[2] https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/media/file/
TFP_2021_Online_Supplement.xlsx
[3] https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/media/file/
TFP-2021-Disaggregated-Market-Basket.xlsx
