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Wow, this is totally new knowledge to me.
– kizzx2
Commented May 13, 2011 at 9:30
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New to me and bizarre. When is a file not a file? When its contents mutate at will. I've heard of worse misfeatures, but not many.
– msw
Commented May 13, 2011 at 10:56
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@msw - they don't mutate at will; simply - there can be more than one hunk of data associated with a single file record. Almost always there is exactly one (it is very rarely used), but...
– Marc Gravell
Commented May 13, 2011 at 11:03
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Go back to SO! Too technical! (just kidding of course ;)
– Byron Whitlock
Commented May 13, 2011 at 18:32
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And on the other end of the spectrum, we have people complaining about system-specific metadata being forcibly included in archives.
– Daniel Beck ♦
Commented May 13, 2011 at 19:03

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Correct minor typos or mistakes
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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
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[example](https://example.com)
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