Questions tagged [stack-overflow]
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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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What does the sorted by 'most frequent' search filter mean on stackoverflow.com? [duplicate]
Does it mean it is sorted by the most viewed questions recently?
Is there a way to search questions based on how much recent activity they have, to gauge how popular they are currently (highest score ...
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Links "Slack integrations" and "Microsoft Teams integrations" in user preferences giving error 404 [duplicate]
Links "Slack integrations" and "Microsoft Teams integrations" giving error 404 :-(
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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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I cannot log in to Stack Overflow
I have another Stack Overflow account linked to my Facebook account. I believed the first account I signed up was Stack Exchange.
When I tried to log in to Stack Overflow today, it said the account ...
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SO Dataset query to retrieve questions, related answers and comments with a specific question tag
For a small part of my master thesis I need to retrieve a dataset from SEDE that contains all questions as well as the related multiple answers (and if possible also comments) with the tag "text-...
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Fanatic Badge is not showing right away in profile under "Badges" right after receiving it [duplicate]
After 100 days of consistency I've attained the first gold badge "Fanatic". Now the badge is disappeared there.
Also this my Stack Overflow profile. I don't know what it happened and what ...
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Header hiding top of page on Firefox [closed]
With the latest layout (rev 2022.3.30.41810), the top of the main content goes under the header:
As you can see, the page is scrolled all the way to the top.
The problem exists in Firefox 98.0.2 on ...
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"comments must be at least 15 characters in length" when I am trying to post a question [duplicate]
I have been trying to post a question on Stack Overflow for the first time. My title and body meet the minimum character requirements, but when I try to post it, I get "Comments must be at least ...
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When I try to post a question on Stack Overflow, I get the error message "Comments must be at least 15 characters in length." [closed]
When I click the "Post Your Question" button, an error "Comments must be at least 15 characters in length." I am confused since I am creating a question, not a comment.
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Are there any tricks to "bypass" duplicated question checking when asking on Stack OverFlow? [duplicate]
I've just started learning IT and ask questions on SO a lot.
But I'm so tired of my questions being closed all the time due to duplicated reasons. They pointed me to some other question that was said ...
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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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Stack Overflow Offline - No announcement [duplicate]
Stack Overflow is currently offline; it was around half an hour ago too but came back for a short while (but it was showing very slow response times).
The "We are currently offline 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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My people reached count decreased from 250k to 11k
I have used Stack Overflow for the last two months. One week ago, I had a 250k "people reached" count shown on my profile. Suddenly, it decreased and it shows 11k people reached. I don't ...
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