I am in the Fort Lauderdale airport, waiting for a flight, and connected to the Internet on my computer, which I regularly use for Stack Overflow. The only difference is that I am connected to the publicly available Wi-Fi system.
Certain code combinations are simply not allowed. For instance, the code in Slow MySQL Query Over Millions of Records could not be accepted (you will see that someone else edited it after me).
Is there a way to fix this or work around it? I am logged in on a Mac using Chrome.
Edit:
Now I am in the airplane, so this is via a mobile device.
The error is simply that the answer or comment cannot be submitted. This is not a generic problem with all code. I was able to submit partially formatted code, which was then edited.
Also, simply removing the formatting did not fix the problem.
Stack Overflow can do something about it. The first thing would be notifying the submitter about where the error is occurring. Improved error descriptions should be entirely in the spirit of the site.
Second, if we know what the problem is, then perhaps that can be communicated to the people running such sites. Fixing the Internet is not in the purview of Stack Overflow, but on a community moderated site no one individual needs to take responsibility for it. If we know what the problem is, then just maybe it can be fixed.
Is there a way to figure out what the real problem is so such issues can be fixed?
And, I'm just happy that my flight is only 20 minutes late, so this issue no longer affects me.
(If I had missed the flight due to overuse of Stack Overflow, the site might have done me a favor. It is about 50 degrees (F) colder in New York City than down here.)
