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Almost everywhere on the SE network, the etiquette around editing a question to add information that was given by the OP in comments is simple: anyone can do it, and such edits are good, because ...
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I posted a puzzle, The "e" in apple. If I remember correctly, initially it received 11 upvotes and 0 downvotes. Then another user posted an answer that I accepted, and soon after I posted my ...
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Nearly five years ago at this point, Stack Exchange added support for tables in Markdown. These are significantly more screen-reader friendly; MathJax to Markdown table conversion edits are a boon to ...
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I did search and feel annoyed to not have figured out: ... why do some PSE titles show blue, some white, and some grey in the list? I sincerely apologize for missing the ball... Have a nice day, and ...
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First of all, I support the community guidelines on the use of AI. I am wondering, out of curiosity, how good is current AI at solving our puzzles here at PSE? I guess the answer depends on the type ...
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I posted a puzzle - specifically this: Discussing strategies reduces the winning chances of everyone. People posted answers, including one exactly matching my intention. I then realized that my ...
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The USA Mathematical Talent Search, or USAMTS for short, is an annual mathematics competition for middle-school and high-school students in the USA. Its questions are posted on the internet and ...
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Ten years ago, I made a meta post about creating a tag for hat-guessing puzzles. The top answer from xnor at that time made the following point about what the scope of the tag should be: I agree that ...
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I noticed there are more stuff like this on the site: A divisor puzzle Cubic numbers out of cubic numbers In my view, these are getting too like math problems (they are like math olympiad/math contest ...
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As is well known to site regulars, PSE has a site-specific policy about proper attribution of puzzles posted here that were not self-made by the OP. Newcomers to the site, of course, may not be aware ...
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Why was this closed? A puzzle about actors It's a puzzle that can be solved with a bit of lateral thinking. When someone figures it out, the answer will be obviously correct. It's a variation of a ...
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Quite often, when someone new posts a puzzle here, they get a comment along the lines of "Welcome to Puzzling!" or "Welcome to Puzzling Stack Exchange! You might like to take the tour.&...
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Update on Oct 13, 2025: In order to support the Puzzling SE moderation team, an additional moderator was called up. Because the last election was so recent, we've brought in the runner-up from the ...
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The recent puzzle Perspectives on a crumpled word requested both the solution word as well as the configuration of that solution word on a grid. At 18:16, @Theguyabovemeislying presented the solution ...
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Suppose you vote to delete a Low Quality Post, but change your mind. There seems to be no way to invalidate the review. Is this consistent with other sites? Is this ideal?
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