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Why do emails for other Stack Exchange sites come from Stack Overflow?
Take Security Stack Exchange, for example, which is my main SE site. Whenever I get an email relating to it, e.g. a question is closed, this bounty was accepted, whatever it is, the email is always ...
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Cannot open https://stackoverflow.com/
I have not been able to open the link https://stackoverflow.com/ recently. The page said "You are not allowed to perform this action."
But I can open "https://meta.stackexchange.com/&...
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Why is the 'Favorite' count so low in the Stack Overflow data? [duplicate]
In the Stack Overflow database, there is a column called "favorite count". I have found that favorite count indicates users find the question interesting or save it for later review.
I have ...
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How can I effectively assist a novice programmer with a bounty question?
Asking on Meta Stack Exchange has to do with effectively assisting a user who has posted a bounty on a question.
Preface
I'm currently interacting with a user who seems to have copied a project from ...
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Why are some people on Stack Overflow so toxic? [duplicate]
I have tried to make my questions on Stack Overflow as good as possible. They are clear, have no typos, and I even spend an extra 15 minutes making sure they are ready to post.
The moment I post, I ...
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Why can new users only answer every 30 minutes? [duplicate]
Since a new user to Stack Overflow like me can only post an answer to a question every 30 minutes, this makes it extremely irrelevant for new users and will in short; drive users away from Stack ...
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How can I post an image as a link in the 'About me' section of the profile on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I am changing the About me section in my Stack Overflow profile. I want to post an image as a link in it, so that when the user clicks on it, it should be redirected to my link.
I’m looking for ...
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Did Prosus acquire just Stack Overflow or the whole Stack Exchange Network?
I'm asking you guys since I can't find relevant info. Google says that the parent company of Stack Exchange Network is Prosus. Wikipedia says that Prosus only owns Stack Overflow. This is confusing. ...
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Is there a way to filter posts created with the Ask Wizard in the Data Explorer?
Stack Overflow recently re-debuted the Ask Wizard for use by new users.
Using the Data Explorer, is there any (current or planned) way to query posts that were created using this tool?
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Query for getting top users on a specific tag by country sorted by tag score (Stack Overflow)
I need a query for getting top users on a specific tag by country sorted by tag score on the Stack Overflow site.
For example.
Top users of JavaScript that live in the United States and sorted by ...
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Remove Shell company's advertisements?
I reported 3 of Shell's ads:
which were shown on Stack Overflow.
This ad is offensive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnQSa_AVpSo,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uuW4AP8M4M and
https://www....
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If I pose a question and later learn the premise was wrong, is it best to edit the question or leave it?
If I ask a question about a data structure saying 'I currently have data structure X, how do I do Y with it?' and someone answers with 'You actually have data structure Z, this is how you do Y with it'...
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Query for retrieving all answer ids for questions which a user already answered
I'm looking for a query from a Stack Overflow dump to find this. Example: user-id 'XXXXX' answered_list_id:[10,20,30,40]
Also, I don't consider whether the answer is accepted or not.
FROM Users AS u
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Where has the Stack Exchange official dump gone? archive.org/details/stackexchange [duplicate]
Why do I see this message after I only download StackOverflow-Posts.7z?
I have tried to use a VPN, but I receive the same error message:
This item is no longer available.
Items may be taken down for ...
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How should I reply to a comment which is a request for code?
In a comments discussion I was asked in a comment to share my code. Unfortunately the code exceeds the number of characters allowed in the comment. I'm not a question owner nor the answer.
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