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33 questions linked to/from Time for some more swag!
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The Many Memes of Meta
Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the Internet, can now explode across the Earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral&...
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What is the XY problem?
What is the XY problem?
When asking questions, how do I recognize when I'm falling into it? How do I avoid it?
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Who cut the cheese? [closed]
UPDATE: JNat will be sending out emails to collect addresses from the lucky users getting a cheese board — be on the lookout for those! :)
We've moved quite a bit of stuff around this year, and you'...
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<kbd> elements are way too intrusive [closed]
<kbd> is a great way to mark up text to be entered. But when you use it on Stack Exchange sites, it's really difficult to read. For instance, say I typed this sentence by starting with a Shift+F,...
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What are Stack Overflow unicoins? [closed]
Recently I saw a widget on the Stack Overflow website which says Stack Overflow now has its own currency called "unicoins". According to this widget, a user can earn reputation, customize Stack ...
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Swag is coming back! (indefinitely paused)
Update November 2023
Hi everyone. I realize it’s been a year and a half since we updated you all that swag was on pause. There have been a lot of moving pieces this year hence the delay in an official ...
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Brace yourselves: The GDPR is coming!
It's actually nothing to worry about. You as users end up with more protection, and companies like us are left in a place where we've got a framework for handling your information that puts much ...
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Can a machine be taught to flag spam automatically?
TL;DR: We did it, so... yes.
What is this?
Charcoal is the organization behind the SmokeDetector bot and other nice things. This bot scans new posts across the entire network for spam posts and ...
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Updated: Mobile app infrastructure has been decommissioned
Update #2
One last final update before we close the loop on this indefinitely.
When we announced this, we were intentionally vague about why the remaining mobile infrastructure was being ...
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What's the best of Stack?
Continuing with my series of questions to you - I've got one that's a bit lighter this week. We spent last week firing up our magic wand and changing things. This time, let's celebrate what exists.
I ...
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What should be next for community events?
Update October 17th, 2023
We are unfeaturing this as we have given enough time for everyone to weigh in. Suffice to say we have some internal shuffling going on at the moment. You can expect to hear ...
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What are the rules on using the Stack Overflow logo?
I want to use the Stack Overflow logo as an image on a blog post about this site. What are the rules on using it? Can I use it in any way? Can I chop the words out and just use the image, or must I ...
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More than 15k bottles of Viagra from Kenya, asking 110+ people for money, seriously?
I received a strange mail from a well-known SE user with the following body two days ago:
HALLO EVERYONE. I am writing to you from Kenya. I have recently come into contact with a great bunches of ...
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Why didn't (or did) I or some other user get a hat although the requirements were (or weren't) fulfilled?
During Winter Bash, users can earn hats. But sometimes it seems that a hat was awarded even though its requirements weren't (yet) met, or vice versa.
What could be the reason for this?
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Will there be some kind of award for participation in this year's Winter Bash?
Stack Overflow frequently gives out swag for contests, such as the Stack Overflow's 10 Million Questions contest. More recently, more contests were organised including Who cut the cheese? and Time for ...
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