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Why does the image with ID 0JRqu auto download when fetched with the "s" thumbnail suffix?

https://i.sstatic.net/0JRqu.png doesn't auto download, and is returned with Content-Type: image/png. https://i.sstatic.net/0JRqus.png autodownloads, and is returned with Content-Type: application/...
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Differentiating clickable and downloadable links in Stack Overflow Blog post

When accessing the Stack Overflow Blog post via mobile data, it becomes crucial to distinguish between clickable links and downloadable PDFs. The ability to identify and ignore PDF links can help ...
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How can I download my "saves" lists?

I have almost 1700 questions listed in my "saves" on Stack Overflow (mostly to give me a curated set to search within, when looking for targets to close duplicates), partially organized into ...
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Download code blocks as file

Are there any browser addons, user scripts, SEDE magic, etc. to download code blocks from Stack Exchange posts? Background use case: I'm working on a collection of test cases for the LaTeX beamer ...
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Linking to downloadable files as citations

We know that link-only answers aren't really appropriate, and that the links should ideally be used as citations against the text that is provided in the answer itself. But what if that link is to a ...
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iOS app beta download page erroring

Trying to re-download the iOS app beta, and instead of the normal page with the download link, all I get is: {"error_id":500,"error_message":"this error has been logged","error_name":"...
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Export all your activities, favorites, comments and upvotes from all Stack Exchange sites

Is it possible to download all pages, that you committed any efforts? I would like to have a downloaded folder that I can use offline, where all pages from my Profile site are linked, especially all ...
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Download posts related with algorithms from Stack Overflow

I have been using stackoverflow.com for the past month and have been reading posts about programming and algorithms daily. Can I download all the good posts (marked as community wiki perhaps) related ...
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How to support questions about development environments that rely on more than code alone? [closed]

Given that most of my work currently revolves around Unity, I have recently become a bit more active in the unity3d tag. Most of the questions use some form of C#/UnityScript/Boo and are simple enough ...
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Offer code as downloadable file [duplicate]

Maybe I am not the first one who got this idea. There are many programming questions asked and answered on these sites. My idea is when the question or answer consists of a lot of code and the user ...
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How to easily copy, download, or view all of "code box" in question? [duplicate]

Some questions contain long code listings, and it is often required to copy, download, or view the code in full, and maybe past/download it to a local file for compiler experiments. Is there a better ...
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Can someone analyze the Close Vote queue on StackOverflow? [duplicate]

Can someone with access to the right data produce some analysis of the Close Vote queue? When I work out how, or when I can do it, there will be a substantial (for me) Bounty for something effective. ...
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Is there a direct download link with a raw data dump of Stack Overflow? (not a torrent)

I would like to create a local MySQL copy of Stack Overflow for academic purposes (school project). As far as I know, the database dump of the stackoverflow.com database is available only in an XML ...
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How should we handle questions with download links to code?

Regarding this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18798125/java-eclipse-programming-need-support So yeah someone is learning Java and posted his code as a link. He also posted the code in ...
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How do I back up my Stack Exchange bookmarks for offline use?

The more I use Stack Exchange, the more it is getting a knowledge base for me, that I don't want to loose again ever. So in case SE will seize to exist one day, I would like to backup all my work. I ...
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