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The many-eyes effect
I want to alert puzzle writers to a potential cognitive bias I'll call the many-eyes effect. Many people try to solve your puzzle, but only those who succeed post. It's tempting to imagine the posters ...
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Thank you, Robert Cartaino
For those who don't know, the Director of Community Development at the Stack Exchange company, Mr Robert Cartaino, is no longer employed by Stack Exchange. Tributes are already flowing in on main meta ...
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One Weird Trick All Spammers Hate
Puzzling.SE hasn't really seen much spam in the past, but we've had just a bit of it recently. Since it hasn't come up before, the question of what to do about it hasn't come up either.
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List of bounties with no deadlines
This is a list of unofficial, deadline-less (hence not searchable) bounties offered by users on various challenges on the main site.
Disclaimer: There is no guarantee that the user will award the ...
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Thank you, GentlePurpleRain
On 29 March 2022, our own GentlePurpleRain received a Deputy badge which can only be awarded to non-moderators. Without speculating on why he stepped down (unless he wants to share his reasons), let's ...
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A brief guide to MathJax for PSE users
What is MathJax?
It lets you include nicely-typeset mathematics in PSE questions, answers, and comments. The syntax is described below (with links to places where you can find more details). Two-...
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The USAMTS attracts a lot of cheating attempts
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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Tool to simplify spoiler creation
Making spoilers can be a pain sometimes. New lines are awkward, block elements like <hr> break the spoiler, things like lists are only supported with HTML, ...
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Thank you, Rubio
On 30 May 2025, our Rubio received a Marshal badge which can only be awarded to non-moderators. Without speculating on why he's no longer a mod (unless he wants to share anything, and assuming it wasn'...
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Best puzzles of 2018 Q3 (July - September)?
This question is part of the best-puzzle award series.
What are your nominations for the best puzzles, here on Puzzling.SE, of the third quarter (July / August / September) 2018?
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An appeal from a newbie - in-jokes
I've recently joined this community and discovered an interest in puzzles that I didn't know I had. The atmosphere and camaraderie are great.
The only problem for me is detecting in-jokes.
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Enabling updates to punctuation in Question titles
Update on March 20, 2025
These changes have now been made.
There is a standing request for customization of punctuation in Question titles on Puzzling SE. Partial customization is possible with the ...
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Congratulations bobble for raising 1000 helpful flags!
If you're an active PSE user, you'll know that bobble is an active moderator (merely without a diamond). Just recently she reached 1000 helpful flags... which is quite a feat given her time on PSE (&...
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Enough "22+4" questions. The originality is lost
There has been a recent spate of related "22+4" questions that can all be answered by using different cyclic numbering systems. The OP's always say "use base 10," perhaps not realizing that that ...
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Heads-up: I'm planning to convert old MathJax tables to Markdown
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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