Why was this question about coefficients in Big O notation upvoted instead of...
I saw that this question had received many upvotes and was not closed:Why do we ignore co-efficients in Big O notation?I was confused by this, because it seems to me that the question is not about...
View ArticleIs it time to operate on the [DevOps]?
Do we really need a devops tag on Stack Overflow?Putting the topicality of those questions aside for a moment, do we really gain anything from having such a tag?While many of those questions are...
View ArticleWhat should I do when an answer misses the point of my question (in my...
A few times already I have posted questions on Stack Overflow and received answers that the community approves (i.e. the answer gets multiple upvotes), but in my opinion aren't good.For instance these...
View ArticleHow do I deal with a question with a user who intends on breaking TOS of a...
I have come across this question where a user is asking for help in self-botting in Discord in the [discord.py] tag which is an API wrapper for the Discord API.Self-botting is explicitly against the...
View ArticleWould it be appropriate to ask SO about how computers sort arrays of chinese...
I ask because I didn't have an actual problem regarding chinese character enumeration. I just happened to have this thought come to my mind and I'm eager to know it.My question would be about sorting...
View ArticleDoes downvoting affect the reach of a question? [duplicate]
Does downvoting affect the reach of a question?I mean people will not open those question that have more negative votes.And what about question visibility?
View ArticleWhy are these two totally unrelated questions linked?
Ruby net/http/get does not work with url's, but works with uri's. Why? has How do I set an Electron variable at compile time? as its only linked question, and vice versa, the latter has the former as...
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“Ask a question” wizard prototype
You're all probably wondering who I am and where Joe is. I'm one of the developers on the Developer Affinity & Growth team with him, and I'm excited to tell you about a prototype that we'd love...
View ArticleA way to reduce the number of questions with only images?
The problem:This is something that I particularly see a lot in the pandas tag. People will ask questions that look something like the following:I have the following dataframe <link to imgur image of...
View ArticleAre questions regarding HTML semantics on-topic?
I've noticed a number of questions as of late regarding "what elements should I use to make this layout," usually about the new elements introduced by HTML5. Here are some examples:What is the correct...
View ArticleOld forgotten questions
What happens to old questions with answers that never get accepted, but don't get any more answers or activity? Do they just hang out on the site getting more and more forgotten? They're usually asked...
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All of a sudden no new questions in search?
This is probably only me, but I am only seeing questions from 1.5 hours ago or later.\Screenshot:It isn't only for the Python tag either; any tag I look at on "Newest" has this issue.
View ArticleWhat should happen to questions about simple programming errors? [duplicate]
For instance, this one: Same Iteration Yields Different Results In Different CodesThe OP simply had their print statement in the wrong place.I don't think it will be valuable to anyone else -- its a...
View ArticleUpdating a question with new findings whilst keeping it tidy and clear
I tend to write detailed questions about a problem that occurs in a general situation. For instance, recently I stumbled upon an issue where I want to read chunks of data quickly (to be used in a...
View ArticleHow to mark question as resolved without accepting any particular answer
Is there a way to mark a question as resolved, without having to accept a particular answer?I asked a question on Stack Overflow, and although I did not a receive a satisfactory answer, the issue has...
View ArticleDeleted question after it was answered
A user asked a question about his code and why it wasn't working. It was a simple and basic Python issue where he forgot to include his closing strings on some of his lines, causing parts of the...
View ArticleA question got deleted while I was updating my answer
My knowledge was that I cannot delete a question if it has an answer, because members of the community have invested their effort in answering it. Also, the question can still be of value to future...
View ArticleShould I delete (my own) unanswered questions?
I've been around for 2 years but not very active until lately. I asked a few questions, some of which got answered some didn't. Now my question is should I delete those questions that didn't get any...
View ArticleWhy does downvoting an answer cost reputation while questions not?
When I downvote an answer, I lose 1 reputation point. But downvoting a question is free.Is there any particular reason for that?
View ArticleHow to draw more attention to a question? [duplicate]
Nine days ago, I've asked this question.As the mentioned technology is heavily outdated, I (correctly) assumed the question not to become very popular. So, I entered a bounty and I even edited the...
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