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Is the number of developers counter being disingenuous?
The ticker here.
The Developers Counter is not legit:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
var visitors = 5373771; //Appears to be a modified based on actual count
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How far should we go in judging question ethics?
I recently happened across this question:
How do I hide a file?
The OP asks about writing code in C/C++ to make a file "hidden or undeletable." Rather than close or downvote the question for its (...
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Suggesting software that infringes copyright
I've seen a few questions in serverfault and superuser asking for software to perform hardware testing. I'm familiar with Hiren BootCD, which can be extremely useful when troubleshooting, but along ...
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Teachers/Graders: How do you handle students asking homework questions on SO
I was a TA for an undergraduate programming course and I've been considering doing it again. Since I'm sure some of my students would be requesting solutions to their homework here, I've been thinking ...
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Should unethical questions be answered?
A question (now migrated to Super User) has been asked that I originally thought was a simple problem, and posted a simple solution.
Then on the comments to my answer I had to force some details from ...
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Is stalking/anti-stalking bad?
We've spoken recently about the great recalc where anomalous voting patterns were wiped clean...and some people have asked about "stalking"...where you follow a user around because you appreciate some ...
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Are we allowed to ask questions about programming ethics on SO?
Are we allowed to ask things like "Is it okay to do [this] without informing users of this behavior?"? I'm not referring to anything regarding the legality of a practice, but whether its just ...
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What precautions does Stack Overflow take to stop the cheaters?
What is to stop circles of friends and cliques from synchronizing their upvoting and downvoting activities? Does Stack Overflow analyze the voting data to look for collusion and conspiracy patterns?
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Should sarcasm be acceptable?
Branching from the lmgtfy-question, I'm curious if sarcastic responses in general should be tolerated on Stack Overflow. This is the nasty cousin of the LMGTFY responses.
I'm afraid these types ...
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Dealing with questions of nefarious intent
How should we treat questions that are, or have seeds of, evil or malicious purposes and actions, such as writing spambots and malware?
Should they be answered like regular "everybody keeps their ...
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Suggesting project ideas using Stackoverflow?
I have an idea for a fairly simple OS X utility I want, but I don't currently know enough about OS X development to make it myself.
Someone on Stack Overflow could write it in an hour or two.
What ...
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Is it okay to discuss poor security practices?
I have experienced people actively hindering or flaming people who want to make public or discuss techniques that can break good security habits or schemes of languages, software or operating systems.
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What is the etiquette for changing the substance of a question?
After answering a question the other day I came across an unusual situation.
The content of the answers received prompted the original poster to change edit their question (both title and content) ...
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Is Tactical Down-Voting ever valid?
Has anyone noticed any tactical downvoting of their, or other people, answers? For example, in a recent answer to a question, my answer described a possible solution. Shortly afterwards, another ...
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